Nintendo posts first-ever annual loss

Have to see where things go from here.

Nintendo will be just fine. Making quality products for years, this loss is accountable, & judging by how good the 3ds is, this blip will be forgotten in the next financial year.

I've spent more money on Sony over the last decade, but I can see that Nintendo is still top dog in the market place.

they didn't loss anything in the gamecube era¿?

Nintendo should Stop naming there new innovations with Names that have been used for years ... since family ( who buy games for their children ) dont know the difference. Most parents think that they already got his child an equivalent product DS 3DS .. whats the difference ... oh 3d ... wont pay 200$ for just 3d .. and now they are doing it again with Wii U !? ... did you forget the impact sales of new name with new innovation Wii ... DS ... Gameboy ... Nintendo .... Big life changes .. dont stick to one name ... a major thing dont loose the grown ups who were raised playing nintendo ... by not offering HD of online communications properly .. if you dont know how .. let apple help out .. get a 3rd party to make all the computer tech ( like xbox live ) Good luck nintendo ... I really wish you keep making success ...

This must be only because of Wii U is in production (right?) and that's an expensive thing to do before release. Nintendo is always selling everything for profit by using less expensive parts and a bit more aged hardware instead of using new just released parts and selling for loss. (Like the other 2 do.)

Give people good games, then they'll give you money. That's obvious.

What remarkable game did Nintendo release since Skyward Sword last year? They're losing money for obvious reasons. Nobody wants a "new" Mario game, we've seen it all. We're not on the 90's anymore. 3DS was so promising bro, what happened?

Nintendo is losing money because of R&D for Wii U as well as the manufacturing of the system. The system has been confirmed for the holiday of this year. Stop thinking we are stupid Nintendo

did the nintendo bank actually lose money or is it just a case of not making as much as last year?

@69ing chipmunks If that is the case what about pokemon snap that was original and they haven't made a sequeal yet or maybe Drill Dozer, magical starsign, pushmo, and dillions rolling western just to name a few

This is news? The only time Nintendo actually makes sales is when they re-re-release a Mario, Zelda, or Pokemon game. I say re-re-release because they haven't had a truely original idea for any of these games in YEARS.

lost of selling a system? aint it somewhere on gamespot before posted the total cost of making the 3ds was only 100 dollars??

I'm not surprised,the 3DS had that slump,and the Wii has been slowing down for some time now. But no biggie. With the 3DS selling like it is now and the release of a new console,Nintendo will be back to putting money in the bank.

Well it really isn't suprising. The only exciting thing last year about nintendo was a new zelda game and a new gimmick based handheld. I hope nintendo does well with the wii u but many people won't be sucked in by the gimmick this time. I bought a wii and I really only break it out when the one or two titles that ARE NOT shovel ware get released in any given year post 2007. I only brought it out to play zelda in all of 2011. Unless the wii U is dirt cheap I can't see the thing flying off the shelves like the wii did. I know I'm all gimmick controllered out and the wii u is going to have to affordable and special for me to pick up.

@RitsukoEX I do not think the Wii is dead... in game support, unfortunately it is getting to that point due to the lack of 3rd party support. Technologically, it could use a lift up when it comes to processing power and graphics, but that is for the more shallow gamers who only care about the pretty visuals and no gameplay whatsoever, because there are games on the Wii that did not needed the horsepower or the HD tag to make them awesome. In fact, if gamers and game developers were not so shallow when it comes to video games, I think the Wii would have had more 3rd party support and more titles coming from other regions during its 5+ years of existence and beyond. This has to be the 5th+ article I read in 2 days related to Nintendo status, news, etc, and there is a lot of negativity coming from some part of the gaming community when it comes to express their opinion. I guess some people/gamers do not believe in diversity and choice. I do not understand this campaign of alienation that some gamers have against Nintendo... but I guess some people like to put more wood into the fire and overreact for anything.

Please, stop being a bunch of gamer nazis and just have fun with what you like to play...

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Kazawazawhat? mario113, hardcore gamers despise Kinect and Move just as much as Wii. Possibly more, for invading and casualizing their systems.

@maxstar360 I know they always try new ideas but whenever they show them people always hate on them then when sony and microsoft have the same idea all of a sudden it is magnificant stupid hipocrites

Today, I watched a Youtube video where some idiot was saying nothing else except "Wii U is dead because it sucks!". Really, that was the whole video! It made me realize something. Nintendo will ALWAYS have haters, sadly. They could make the best console and/or handheld the world has ever seen and it *still* would not matter to most of these childish haters that pick on Nintendo either because they simply like a different company more or because they think it fun to hate Nintendo. Am I wrong?

You have to lose money to make money. They'll be fine.

@NoelXYuel Posted Apr 27, 2012 4:18 am GMT You mean they didn't have a annual loss during the GameCube era? I really feel like that was their weakest console war. True, but Ninty had GBA (and at some point DS) to rely on churning out straight profit. Right now they're dealing with their console's weak close out AND their handheld's first ever flubbed launch. 3DS has already recovered to the point where its future is strong, but right now they're still giving away money on every system to atone for the launch greed. Once the portable crutch is reinstated, they'll turn a profit almost regardless of Wii U's performance.

@RisukoEX You call me out for defending the Wii (while acknowledgeing it's fading life, but know games are still coming out) and Nintendo and call me a fanboy because of it? On your profile, you say you're a 360 fangirl, but you call me out as a Nintendo fanboy. How does that make any sense? :?

@nintendoboy16 from your name I know. you're a Nintendo fanboy. but that reply was.. the weakest reply I ever read. The Wii train is NOW DEAD!

Hmm. Not sure what to make of this. I'm not gonna be so bold as to claim that Nintendo is going away, as they most likely have more money stashed than they know what to do with. But this doesn't bode well, and with the recent Wii-U news about certain games not getting supported, it is starting to look like they could possibly have a Sega Dreamcast-esque situation on their hands - great system, great games, but not quite up to the competition. Not saying that's how it'll be, as I haven't played a Wii-U yet.

Nothing to cry over it. I'm sure they have some billions saved for future games, marketing and such.

This is just a result of the 3DS launch. They were kind enough to lose money on the 3DS so that people would buy the console :P But hey, atleast they were willing to correct a mistake and take a sacrifice to do it!

the 3DS needs good games to come they cant expect to make money from a console that has very little games and release an under average game at best a few times a year

@spoonybard-hahs $1200 is very modest for a computer, hardly epeen status. I just brought it up because you said I will get bored with my Wii due to the game selection. My expectations of the Wii aren't much. I missed a whole generation of Nintendo games and after I beat those I'll be done with it. Then it's back to my PC for gaming.

@comb5 What the hell does your $1200 rig have to do with it? We're talking about quantity of quality games available for a console, not your epeen.

its no surprise nintendo fell behind during the closing of the current gen consuls, it didnt have what everyone wants, good online play, better graphics, and DLC...hopefully the wii U will provide this equally as the ps3 or xbox...sadly I think by the time wii u comes out to play they may fall behind on what the other systems have in their playing hand. I worry for you nintendo....I dont think the company will die but i can see them falling behind, as for me I'll always be playing my mario, zelda, and metroid games and you can take that to the bank

@spoonybard-hahs I have a $1200 dollar gaming PC as well. I bought my Wii solely for the purpose of playing Nintendo games.

@nintendoboy16 What happened to Sega is an isolated case. So far. The difference between Sega and Nintendo is that Nintendo will not change how they make games. The fact that they can throw out updated versions of twenty year old games and still make money proves to them that they do not have to change a thing in the software department. And, incidentally, Sega being out of the hardware market isn't proof that their failings are a result of that. The Dreamcast was a decent machine, it was just too late. Even if Sega was still producing hardware there isn't anything to say that their software would have been as lackluster as it is now.

Unfortunately I don't think Nintendo are going to bounce back as well as they may hope... I'm not bashing them, because I genuinely love the company to bits. But they've focused on Mario and Zelda for far far far too long. The Wii did well on launch because it was something completely new, the WiiU however is just a console with a tablet as a controller. It looked promising at first, but even Samsung's latest smartphone makes the tech look dated now - and it hasn't even been released :? I don't know.. Nintendo need to change their game plan if they want to make a real go of it outside of Japan. If they don't though I think the next gen might be their last..

@guitardeth3 aha srry i just read it :) i thing it also because the strong yen make the 3ds less profitable in thier HQ in japan thanks (deletes my comment)

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@FatmanAB I explained this before...

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@RitsukoEX -Xenoblade Chronicles recently released in the US -Kirby's 20th anniversary -Pandora's Tower released in Europe -X-Seed will be alongside Nintendo in publishing The Last Story -Europe is getting a remake of Fatal Frame 2/Project Zero 2 The Wii dead? Not yet, and it's going out with a bang before the Wii U releases.

@z50macdaddy It's seen in almost every Nintendo article, good or bad.

wow alot of negativity in the comments

They arent going to die from losing a couple hundred million. I also think people are going to be surprised at how well received the WiiU will be. Even though Im sure Pachter absolutely loves this kindof news for some reason.

Playstation all stars battle royale was just debut on gametrailers.com And yes it is a complete smash bros rip off. Whether thats a bad thing or good, can't say yet.

Wii U might make it worse :/

this is not good, but also proof that nintendo is not going anywhere. that is very good. nintendo is reporting a loss for the first time in decades and then look at the ps3 which sold at a loss from sale number 1 and so on for a long time, a very long time. i do not know why people say nintendo is backing out. if you look at how successful each of the big 3 gaming companies are, then it is obvious nintendo is the only one who knows how to play the game, not just better, but actually well

Nintendo can still be saved, just release a 3DS slim with a bigger screen, 2 analogs, a battery cover...

@Nilbogssa : Yes , forced to add on a control peripheral that has been entirely optional for every game it's been made for? Funny how a select group of people that *can* experience only slight eye-strain from time to time suddenly becomes ''almost everyone'' , yes , I suppose we should bash all video games now too because the light/images on the screen can give *some* people seizures right? Oh yeah , bloody blasphemy to cut the price on something so it will sell better , it's totally like that didn't help double the sales of almost every system right? Also 100% coincidence that sales picked up at the same time the major promised first party titles right? Had Nintendo waited until now once these 1st party titles were out the 3ds might not be doing as well as it is now , but it would still be doing much better.The psp sales were rather small (compared to other handhelds like the ds) as will the Vita (probably equal psp sales) as nothing near massive because for the most part people won't pay a hell of a lot for ANY system. Please explain with your almighty wisdom and lol'ing if the price cut was the reason for the success why the 3ds was the fastest selling system of ALL TIME hitting 5 million before ANY other system , even ps2 or ps3 or wii or any? I thought the only reason people bought it was because it was cheap , there were 5 million right there that paid full $250 for it.

Finally! that Wii train is DEAD!