Pokemon Go fever infected with other Nintendo games
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Fever Go Pokémon game created by an American company based in the famous Nintendo character, has not translated directly into a lot of money in the coffers of the Japanese multinational. But the game turned out to boost sales, and accounts of the company. In the most recent financial report , Nintendo shows a profit of 64,700 million yen (€ 529 million) for the last quarter, but 122% than in the same months of the previous year.
The big bet for 2016 was the debut in the world of mobile gaming through Super Mario Run game for smartphone played by famous brave carpenter who saved princesses at play. However, Pokémon Sun and Moon Pokémon games, both for the 3DS portable console, that have been identified as the major success of the year. Together, they sold about 14.6 million units since its launch in mid-November. The company attributed the sales performance to the popularity of Pokémon Go, an application that was developed by Niantic, a company specializing in augmented reality and it pays a license to Nintendo when using character. "The launch of the application for Pokémon Go smartphone led to an increase in sales of Pokémon series of games and increased sales of Nintendo 3DS family of consoles, particularly outside Japan," reads the report.
Super Mario Run, available for iPhone and other iOS devices, was also highlighted in the report, although it has only been released six weeks ago: "The response was fantastic, surpassing 40 million downloads . In just four days after the release of " Second values advanced in an interview with the Wall Street Journal , Super Mario Run has been downloaded for free more than 78 million times worldwide, with more than 5% of the players to pay to have access to the entire game (something that costs ten euros in Europe a high value in the world of mobile games).
In 2017, focus on smartphones will continue. In addition to the release of the game Fire Emblem Heroes, already on February 2, Super Mario Run will also have a Androide version, scheduled for release in March.
However, sales of home console Wii U, which was a failure since it hit stores, still below the company's expectations. In 2016, Nintendo predicted to sell 800,000 units, but only managed to sell about 760 thousand, a decrease of 75% over the previous year. One of Nintendo's bets for 2017 is the launch in March of hybrid Console Switch , which simultaneously serves as home and portable console.
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