[Nieuws] Geschreven door Bazzie op 2003-11-14 13:17:04

Nintendo in de rode cijfers!

Nintendo heeft bekend gemaakt dat het verlies heeft gedraaid TOKYO-- Nintendo stated today that it suffered a 2.9 billion yen (US$26.8 million) loss in the first half of its fiscal year, between April and September 2003. The company previously reported profits of 19 billion yen (US$175.5 million) for the same period last year. This is the first time that Nintendo will be in the red for the mid-term since it went public in 1962. Nintendo, which warned in October that it would be going into the red for the first half of its fiscal year, was dragged down by declining sales of the GameCube console prior to lowering its price worldwide. The company's sales figures rose by 1.6 percent to 211 billion yen (US$1.9 billion) due to the strong performance of its Game Boy Advance and SP consoles. Although their Game Boy sales increased by 44.3 percent to 8.34 million units, the GameCube staggered the company's performance, selling only 890,000 units--a 69.1 percent decline from the same period last year. The console's price cut was announced at the end of September, so the effect will not be seen until the second half of the company's fiscal year. Nintendo also suffered 40 billion yen (US$369.6 million) in investment losses due to the yen's rise. However, the company is still sticking to its full year forecast of a 60 billion yen (US$554.3 million) profit, which was announced together with its warning of losses in October. Nintendo reported a profit of 67.3 billion yen (US$621.8 million) last year. Het geld dat is verdiend door de pricedrop zit er nog niet bij dus dat zal wel goed komen, maar het is toch een slecht teken dat ze een actie nodig hebben om winst te maken.