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Nintendo Sinks Into the Red for First Half

AP - Nintendo sank into the red for the fiscal first half, battered by a rising yen that hurts exports and plunging sales as demand for its game machines ran out of steam.

Kyoto-based Nintendo Co., which makes Pokemon and Super Mario video games, reported Thursday a loss of 2.01 billion yen ($24.7 million) for the April-September period.

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EYEamNUMBER15686d ago

sometimes it can seem really annoying how money (referring to all money) is up 1 second then down the next then up and so on

qface645686d ago

yeah ive always wanted to travel but with the way money just goes up and down i wouldn't get anywhere

1 currency world is only a dream

perfectCarbonara5686d ago

Wrong, the dream is money being taken out of the equation permanently.

It only causes trouble.

qface645686d ago (Edited 5686d ago )

hey at least my dream has a chance of happening (not in my lifetime and then some) but possibly one day its better than a no money world and its 0% chance that's just fantasy

EYEamNUMBER15686d ago

why did you change the story?
this wasn't the story i saw when i commented

SMW5686d ago

Oh im gonna f***ing enjoy this!

CrazyForGames5686d ago

lol wow that sounds really sad

SMW5686d ago

Oh come on! As a gamer I feel Nintendo should be run into the ground. They are single handedly responsible for the pussification of gaming.

CrazyForGames5686d ago (Edited 5686d ago )

and you call yourself a gamer?
did you just start gaming? nintendo did this in the past on the NES and it pretty much saved gaming they have done it in the past why is it a new thing now?

considering all the innovations nintendo has brought to the gaming world
your saying they should be run into the ground just because YOU don't like them?

you don't sound like a gamer you just like a straight up fanboy retard lol

Muletroid5686d ago

i actually agree with crazy that's a really retarded thing to say if i don't like something you know what i do?
I AVOID IT wishing for something to be run into the ground? come on now

dannybohy5686d ago (Edited 5686d ago )

What innovations?. oh the Wii remote! woop de do! ive had a remote control for over 2 decades.
apart from that what have they done?...... thats right, nowt. They just keep producing consoles for children/women and grown ups who cant handle demanding games. I place there consoles one tiny step up from Vtech consoles.

Nihilism5686d ago (Edited 5686d ago )

The only reason 90% of people here on this site got into gaming is because Nintendo makes amazing games like Mario and Zelda.

If MS and Sony had their way they would drive the console industry into the ground fighting over who had the best generic TPS games. Nintendo has kept gaming alive for a long time and they will continue to drag Sony and MS kicking and screaming as they continue to innovate.

I sold my Wii because I hated the games, but you cannot deny that Nintendo takes far more risks than the other in the name of innovation.

"Blow it out your ass"

@RememberThe357

SC came out in 1998, I was 13y.o then, my gaming cherry was popped long before that.

RememberThe3575686d ago

I guess I'm in that other 10%. StarCraft really got me into gaming, but it was Devil May Cry that sealed the deal.

CrazyForGames5686d ago

you must have started gaming this generation to only mention the wii mote
for that matter i wonder if you even know what innovation actually is

darkequitus5686d ago

Yep, I'm in the other 10%
It was collecovision, C64 for me.

Game-ur5686d ago

Let's not forget Sega Amiga MSX Atari, they all played their part

nycredude5686d ago

Commodore 128 and Atari got me into gaming, Nintendo got me more into it and Sony completed it. Along the way I had flings with Turbo Graphic 16 and Dreamcast.

Nintendo were great back in the days but these day they don't bring anything to the table that interest me. I guess I outgrew it.

Highlife5686d ago

intellivision got me started. Nintendo was great. Then moved on to sega. Made the mistake of getting the 3do. after that it has been all playstation. Nintendo, i guess i grew up and you didn't.

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Calm Down Sunshine5686d ago

Sounds to me like a certain SMW is having a hard time beating Bowser..

seinfan5686d ago

"en jew cawl jurzelf uh gaymur?"

Enough with that shit. Nobody has to like every damn option on the market. There's a reason why there's more than one company making a console.

qface645686d ago

that's true but when you really want an entire game company to go under/bankrupt simply just because you don't like the product then the last thing you should call yourself is a gamer

imvix5686d ago

Nintendo bet the farm on casuals. They milked that market and now are making losses.

I beleive Sony and Microsoft are a bit late to the party. They were making losses on the hardcore front and saw Nintendo reaping profits. But now it seems the casuals have had enough of motion controls. Casuals really dont care about graphics hence that wouldnt be a selling point for Microsoft or Sony.

Will be exciting to see what motion gaming holds for both these companies.

Seferoth755686d ago

What a moron... They are buying parts for the 3DS and guess what happens when they do that? Since they are not selling the 3DS all those parts count as a loss..

I am glad you are a Sony fan. Yeah it was obvious by the fact you are a moron.

Barely enough brain cells to write but not comprehend = Sony fan without a doubt

imvix5686d ago

Lol you should do your accounting, buying parts = building stocks.. stocks doesnt = loss.

As for calling me a Sony fan check my posting history. Dont think i am the blind fanboy who invests in outdated console tech.

DJMarty5686d ago

What complete bollocks,

Casuals have got sick of Wii's lame graphics, they jumping ship to the HD consoles. The HD console even have better motion controls, so its an upgrade aswell. Thats the reason Nintendo sales ae taking a dive.

Muletroid5686d ago

wow you really think casuals actual casuals care about graphics? LOL!!!

jay25686d ago

Ouch, Better join the HD, real console soon.

Nihilism5686d ago

Can I offer you a stick of Play Beyond(TM) gum? it's ass flavoured but you should be used to the taste by now.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7752d ago (Edited 52d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer76d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi76d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure75d ago (Edited 75d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer76d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot76d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno76d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay76d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno75d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK75d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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