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nintendo.co.jp - 11/5/2009

Investor Relations: Corporate Management Policy Briefing / Semi-annual Financial Results ...

— nintendo.co.jp — During the presentation today, I heard that game software sales for home console video game machines in... Japan have been slowing down. As I interviewed with several people, they say it costs them easily more than 1 billion yen in order to develop a PS3 ... (more) Investor Relations: Corporate Management Policy Briefing ...

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PS3

Xbox 360

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nintendo.co.jp - 11/5/2009

Investor Relations: Corporate Management Policy Briefing / Semi-annual Financial Results ...

— nintendo.co.jp — Satoru Iwata (President): Actually I often tell Miyamoto not to talk about his hobbies in public, in... order to prevent (Nintendo's) future (software) lineup from leaking... Let us ask him to talk as much as he can disclose at this moment, firstly about ... (more) Investor Relations: Corporate Management Policy Briefing ...

Mario

New Super Mario Bros Wii

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nintendo.co.jp - 10/30/2009

annual Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ending March 2010

— nintendo.co.jp — When you only hear about this feature, you may wonder if the bigger screens are the only... difference or whether Nintendo is launching a Nintendo DS for seniors only. Nintendo does not offer new product for such limited purposes only. Nintendo DSi LL ... (more) annual Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ending ...

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DS

Nintendo

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GoNintendo:  Who’s up for 48 minutes of Iwata talking sales, showing graphs, and presenting bar charts?

Kombo.com:  Iwata Discusses Sales, Next Year for Wii

Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today:  Iwata: Japanese Wii Situation "Cannot Be Defined As Healthy"

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Nintendo president has explained that Wii and PS3 are 'neck and neck' in terms of sales in Japan http://tinyurl.com/y9chkub 11/3/2009

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Who’s up for 48 minutes of Iwata talking sales, showing graphs, and presenting bar charts?
GoNintendo — Yes, the fun you see above could be all yours! All you have to do is follow the link below. It will take you to a video/slide show featuring Iwata, in which he discusses Nintendo’s recent financial information. I haven’t had a chance to pick through all the slides and info just yet, so I thought I’d present you all with the full thing. Click here to check it out

Iwata Discusses Sales, Next Year for Wii
Kombo.com — ... on the horizon. While defending Nintendo's marketing strategies is all well and good, it would be nice to see the development of some new titles for the Wii. The price drop was a good way to boost sales for the time being, but without some software support, it's unlikely the trend will continue. For the really adventurous, or just those with a lot of time on their hands, you can look at a 48 minute slideshow of Iwata discussing Nintendo sales, complete with pie charts.

Iwata: Japanese Wii Situation "Cannot Be Defined As Healthy"
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — ... its annual Wii sales forecast from 26 million units to 20 million for the business year ending in March 2010. It also lowered its profit forecast from 300 billion yen to 230 billion yen ($2.54b/ 1.54b). Iwata s full financial results briefing can be viewed here .