Nintendo have released their financial results briefing which has given us more details on their intended release schedule on smart devices.
“We will start the service for the first game application by the end of this calendar year. Internally at Nintendo, we have executed several organizational and personnel changes in order to properly operate the smart device business, and we will make further changes before the first release.” explain Nintendo.
“Regarding the number of the titles, you may want to know that we will release approximately five titles by the end of the next fiscal year, which is the end of March 2017. You may think it is a small number, but when we aim to make each title a hit, and because we want to thoroughly operate every one of them for a significant amount of time after their releases, this is not a small number at all and should demonstrate our serious commitment to the smart device business.”
Fans of Nintendo, myself included, should be relieved to hear that they are not going to rush release their games in order to make some quick cash. It appears that they are going to put in the time and effort that is required to make these mobile games stand out from the hundreds of games released each week.
The briefing also revealed the success of amiibo with Nintendo confirming that they have shipped 10.5 million units worldwide to date with 5.7 million of the units shipping by the end of 2014. They have also addressed stock shortages which seem to be plaguing the figures.
“We have increased production for amiibo figures that have sold out very quickly after launch, that are indispensable to play a certain game and for which we have received strong demand from retailers and consumers.” explain Nintendo. However, the company are quick to point out that they cannot put a time-scale on when the current situation will be resolved and predict, with the amount of software titles compatible with amiibo increasing, that sales will only keep increasing.
Source: Nintendo
