James Delahunty
10 Jan 2007 11:04
Following a very successful launch of the Wii console, Nintendo has raised forecasts for its full-year profits by 20% to ¥120 billion (€774.9 million), for the year ending March 31st 2007. The forecast that 6 million Wii's will have been sold by March has not been changed. Nintendo expects sales of the DS handheld console to rise to 23 million units, roughly a 15% increase.
Software sales targets have also been pushed up to 21 million games for the Wii consoles (previously 17 million) and up to 100 million sold for the DS. Nintendo now expects a total of ¥900 billion (€5.8 billion) in sales this year, compared to a previous forecast of ¥509 billion.
Source:
GamesIndustry.biz