Nintendo Financial Results – Fiscal Year 2014-15
Today, Nintendo revealed its results for the Fiscal Year 2014-15 (April 1st, 2014 / March 31st, 2015), and good news: the company is finally back in the green!
First, let’s start with some raw data:
Q4 2014-15
– Net Sales: 106.860 billion yen (792 million € / 892 million $ / 586 million £)
– Digital Sales: 10.2 billion yen (75 million € / 85 million $ / 56 million £)
– Operating Income: – 6.834 billion yen (47 million € / 53 million $ / 35 million £)
– Net Income: – 17.672 billion yen (131 million € / 147 million $ / 97 million £)
FY 2014-15
– Net Sales: 549,780 million Yen (4 billion € / 4.5 billion $ / 3 billion £) vs. 550,000 million yen (forecast) / 571,726 million Yen (FY 2013-14)
– Digital sales: 31.3 billion Yen (232 million € / 261 million $ / 171 million £) vs 24.0 billion yen (178 million € / 200 million $ / 131 million £)
– Operating Income: 24,770 million Yen (183 million € / 206 million $ / 136 million £) vs 20,000 million Yen (forecast) / – 46,425 million Yen (FY 2013-14)
– Ordinary Income: 70,530 million Yen (523 million € / 589 million $ / 387 million £) vs 50,000 million Yen (forecast) / 6,086 million Yen (FY 2013-14)
– Net income: 41,843 million Yen (310 million € / 349 million $ / 229 million £) vs 30,000 million Yen (forecast) / – 23,222 million Yen (FY 2013-14)
Hardware / Software Sales
– Nintendo 3DS: 8.73 million vs 9 million (forecast)
– Wii U: 3.38 million vs 3.6 million (forecast)
– Nintendo 3DS Software: 62.74 million vs 61 million (forecast)
– Wii U Software: 24.440 million vs 25 million (forecast)
Nintendo comments
Nintendo notes that even if the New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL were off to a great start, sales of previous models (Nintendo 3DS / 3DS XL / 2DS) did not grow as anticipated before the launch of the new models, which is why sales of the Nintendo 3DS family did not reach Nintendo’s forecast (8.73 million vs 9 million).
Software-wise, Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS enjoyed great sales, with 9.94 million units and 6.75 million units sold respectively. As for Tomodachi Life, Mario Kart 7, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, they all sold over 2 million units during the past Fiscal Year (2014-15).
Third-party publishers also had some hits (like Level-5 with Yo-kai Watch or Capcom with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate). In total, over 62.74 million Nintendo 3DS games were sold between April 1st, 2014 and March 31st, 2015.
The Wii U had two hits: Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, which sold 5.11 million units and 3.65 million units respectively. Those two titles performed well, especially in the Western markets (Europe and North America). During the Fiscal Year 2014-15, 3.38 million Wii U consoles and 24.40 million Wii U games were sold globally.
Finally, Nintendo notes that foreign exchange gains totalled 34 billion Yen (252 million € / 283 million $ / 186 million £), thanks to the weakness of the Yen against the Dollar.
