wraggster
November 4th, 2011, 23:40
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/11/3dland114.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/04/experts-on-nintendos-immediate-future-post-losses/)Last week's news was tragic for Nintendo: Profits for its fiscal first half weredeeply in the red (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/27/editorial- nintendos-creeping-doom-how-the-company-came-to-m/) to the tune of $926 million.
A near $1-billion six-month loss is potentially catastrophic for most companies, but for a game company like Nintendo the profits typically come at the end of the fiscal year, the period ending in March, which includes the heavy holiday buying season. First and second quarter losses are not unheard of; they're even expected. What isn't expected, at least for Nintendo, is a potential loss for the entire fiscal year, which is what Nintendo is facing this year, projecting revenues $264 million in the red for the first time since the company began reporting profits in 1981.
To get some perspective on what this means for Nintendo and, perhaps, the game industry, I spoke with two men who have been following recent events intently, and Nintendo as a whole for most of its existence: Kyle Orland, News Editor at Gamasutra, founder of Super Mario Bros. HQ (http://smbhq.com/) and self-confessed "Nintendo fanboy," and Bill Harris, industry analyst and blogger at Dubious Quality (http://www.dubiousquality.blogspot.com/).
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/04/experts-on-nintendos-immediate-future-post-losses/
A near $1-billion six-month loss is potentially catastrophic for most companies, but for a game company like Nintendo the profits typically come at the end of the fiscal year, the period ending in March, which includes the heavy holiday buying season. First and second quarter losses are not unheard of; they're even expected. What isn't expected, at least for Nintendo, is a potential loss for the entire fiscal year, which is what Nintendo is facing this year, projecting revenues $264 million in the red for the first time since the company began reporting profits in 1981.
To get some perspective on what this means for Nintendo and, perhaps, the game industry, I spoke with two men who have been following recent events intently, and Nintendo as a whole for most of its existence: Kyle Orland, News Editor at Gamasutra, founder of Super Mario Bros. HQ (http://smbhq.com/) and self-confessed "Nintendo fanboy," and Bill Harris, industry analyst and blogger at Dubious Quality (http://www.dubiousquality.blogspot.com/).
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/04/experts-on-nintendos-immediate-future-post-losses/