Nintendo turns a profit but misses sales forecast by half

I, for one, am happy that Nintendo turned a profit. Even if most of their "new" games are just copies of their old games, at least playing Nintendo clones gives me a break from the clones released every day on the other consoles. And now that Nintendo is selling the 3DS for less than GameStop is, I will gladly give Nintendo some of my money and thank them for the countless hours of entertainment they gave me up until the Wii, and raise a glass in hopes that whatever comes out after the WiiU isn't completely retarded.

 Hey, the analysts were wrong! What a surprise...

Nintendo 3ds don´t was 30 millions days ago.

Lol, Gamespot!

I'm unsure whether people realize what it means when a company turns a profit but doesn't meet forecast. Its nothing to celebrate, and the low stoke value means Nintendo cannot rely on outside investment. Which simply means, most of the profits will vanish as expenditure (as Nintendo's annual reports show they have still not managed to lower their operating costs over the last 5 years). Still, nice to see it wasn't as bleak as the estimates given a couple of days ago, so all is not lost.

It's only been less than a year. Stop jumping to conclusions and try to be hopeful.

That analyst prediction from an article yesterday was way off :).

They just need to make a proper console again with decent hardware that is as good as/better than those of MS and Sony. Like the SNES or N64 was back in the day.  

Make the biggest and most beautiful Zelda to date and the most dark, eerie, realistic looking Metroid ever.  That alone would bring old skool fans back.

Gamecube was my last nintendo console and im not coming back until all that motion stuff with silly graphics has blown over. 

Way to go, Bloomberg. lol You nailed it again. *facepalm*

On a serious note, Nintendo really does need to do something about getting the kind of quality 3rd party support for Wii U that's on par with Sony and Microsoft's. Wii U is a fantastic system, but a system is nothing without lots of quality games. Even though Nintendo has always been great with quality 1st and 2nd party titles, that's not enough.

Some 3rd parties are putting some of their great titles on Wii U (which is awesome), but certain accompanying services are being left out of the Wii U version. Usually DLC support. This is one example of an issue that Nintendo needs to address.

Good to see they turned it around. Nintendo will always be just fine...

Time to FIRE Micheal Bloomberg.

What?  Yesterday, the article claimed that they lost like 150 millions.  Please stop posting stupid troll rumors as articles.

Nintendo need to get back to basics. Stop releasing so much hardware, get some third party partnerships in that rival those in the 90's (RARE etc) and concentrate on 5 key areas both in house and with their partners....

1. Games

2. Games

3. Games

4. Games

and finally

5. Games

Wasn't there a news about a second yearly loss?

Glad to hear that they didn't have another loss. Hopefully they can turn things around and give Sony and Microsoft a good run for their money. Competition is good for us consumers.

I do love my 3ds. Maybe that should be a hint for nintendo. Success requires GOOD GAMES. Take note for the wii u.

I'm Grievous over the lamentable news, my condolences are yours. With losses such as this, you will spoil soon. Such a fate will be most disheartening, I was merely a lad  when I enjoyed your titles, truly the best interactive entertainment. To lose you will mean an era of endless repetitive genre of gaming and repetitive shooting games that are indistinguishable, endless crime sims, bizarre "innovations" and more graphics and more hardware and more graphics and more hardware, truly losing artistic appeal and gaming innovations. Without you we would have used that same game pads of the snes and with little innovation in the way we interact with the games. I hope Nintendo does well and picks itself up soon, without it gaming won't be the same. 

This is in no way "Flame Bait", an uneducated way of saying provocative biasness and prejudice. But rather an inner statement from the depths of my childhood, it wouldn't have been the same without Disney and Nintendo, and countless fantasies and daydreams that followed.

If nintendo wants to hit their sales forecast they should release a new console with a steady flow of 1st party games instead of having them barely trickle in, 3rd party has really helped keep the Wii U afloat

ouch. maybe nintendo shouldn t make such strange hardware decisions to keep cost down.

Lovestash .

Dirty Sanchez?

This shows how NOT to listen to every rumor you hear because just yesterday gamespot said there would be a huge loss for nintendo this year and as it turns out they instead post a profit. Hopefully nintendo keeps it up and wii u sales increase.

They jump the gun early to release the device ahead of competition without a lot of 1st party games so that when the competition is ready to launch there systems/games, they will have there heavy titles ready.. Not a bad strategy but early adopters do suffer as a result..

Well good Im glad the prediction was incorrect. I still stand by my thought process for the Wii U, more games I want and I'll buy one. I expect that announcement at E3 with all my favorites being announced. I don't want any console maker to go down, competition means more games for the consumer. Keep moving forward Big N.

You go Nintendo, while the naysayers (particularly these uppity kids) keep saying how you are in trouble and how you are going to go the way of Sega, you keep making profits, consoles, and games.  Once your first party and console exclusives start rolling out and you start selling more WiiU's profits will be even better.

 wow im looking at all the comments the amont of butthurt is funny

 ya that article was predicting the loss all the system wars got owned lol no 2 yr of losses

turns a profit....then another article saying loss....uh what?

I've said all I need to say about you Nintendo. Someone wake me when Mario is a multi-plat. 

Beat the odds. A small profit is certainly better than a loss. Won't stop people from saying "Nintendo be doomed", but the numbers stand.

I see many comments here changed after E3... For better or for worse...

Glad to hear they've managed to post a profit.

Wow. Didn't think they'd turn up a profit at all but there ya go.