Nintendo Sales Pwn In 2007, Increased Wii Shipments For 2008

It is no surprise that Nintendo is doing well in sales, they tend to showboat quite a bit about it.  Nintendo’s 2007 fiscal year ended with huge profits.  They posted sales of more than 1.67 trillion yen, an increase of 73 percent over the prior year, and reported FY08 operating profits of more than 487 billion yen, a year-over-year increase of 115.6 percent.

Nintendo is also projected an increase in projected shipments of the Wii console. For the fiscal year that began April 1, 2008, Nintendo forecasts global Wii console shipments increasing to 25 million.

Nintendo also forecasts shipment of 177 million Wii software units for FY09, while the FY08 shipment was 119.6 million units. Through March 31, 2008, Wii enjoys a life-to-date tie ratio of 6.07 games per system worldwide.

April 25, 2008 at 7:30 am | Business & Law, Wii | No Comments