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April 25 (Bloomberg) - Nintendo Co., major manufacturer most video game consoles, sell a new version of its best-selling Wii model next year after profit fell to a minimum of seven years on competition with Sony Corp. and Microsoft income collapsed Corp.Net 66% to 77.6 billion yen ($946 million) for the year ended in March, the Kyoto-based company said today. Earnings, Nintendo forecasts a jump of 42 per cent enjoy this fiscal year and predictions for operating profits and sales, all the estimates of analysts late. "" The reaction of the market is likely to be negative, because the prospects of profit did not meet consensus, "said Yusuke Tsunoda, an analyst with Tokai Tokyo Securities Co." "it is expected that Wii software sales to plunge, while at the same time outlook of the company is probably also taking into account a price cut for the console." "President Satoru Iwata, competition for mounting Sony's PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from Microsoft, is the second generation Wii to revive the high success of its console for sale which was introduced in 2006. Who will be the second major product in a year of Nintendo, who in February began the sale of the 3DS model, capable of beaming images in three dimensions.New ApproachShares of Nintendo has increased from 0.9% to close the yen 20,330 on stock exchange in Osaka before the earnings announcement. The average Stock Nikkei 225 lost 0.1%. The stock has fallen by 15 percent this year from a decline of 16% for Sony and a decrease of 8.6% to Microsoft.Nintendo provides income net of 110 billion yen in the year ending in March, missing the average 143,8 billion yennine analysts estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The projection does not include sales of the new Wii, which will be presented at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles in June, said Nintendo.Les sales of the Wii will drop probably 14 per cent to 13 million units this fiscal yearuncertainty software sales can plunge 30 p. 100-120 million units, the company said. "We would like to propose a new approach to video game consoles"with the successor to the Wii, Iwata said that, without developing." "It is difficult to make the 3-d images an essential characteristic, because 3D televisions have not received wide acceptance yet." "Too Aggressive' today, The company said it expects to sell 16 million units of the 3DS this fiscal year, compared to 3.61 million a year earlier. Sales of software for the Pocket PC titles will probably climb to 62 million, $ 9.4 million in the year just completed. The range of game 3DS will also include a title "legend of zelda" which will become available in June, Iwata said. "The Outlook for 3DS hardware and software sales is very aggressive," Tsunoda said. "" " The company will need a very large range of original titles for these goals. "Operation of profit or sales less cost of goods sold and administrative expenditure, will rise 2.3% to 175 billion yen, in the period after the fall of 52 percent in the year just completed, the company said. Revenue will likely increase 8.4% to 1.1 billion yen, after a decline of 29 per cent, Nintendo said. Analysts expected 222.5 billion yen to operating income on 1.12 billion yen in sales.Nintendo, which has dominated the game equipment in Wii consoles and portable players since the Gameboy in 1989, seeks to defend its advance against the latest PSP of Sony.Le 3DS of $250, who went on sales to the United States, the Japan, in the past two months, Europe is also facing to the Apple Inc. iPhone and smartphones using Android from Google Inc., which attracted players with third-party applications.The second largest manufacturer of portable game players, in January of Nintendo Vs SonySony, said that it will offer the new model the PSP by season end of year celebrations. The device, NPM code name, will offer access to networks, third generation wireless and have front and rear touch pads, he said.Sony, whose player dominated by the previous generation of video game consoles, PlayStation has also introduced its controller for the detection of movement, called the Move, for the PlayStation 3 to appeal to casual users. The black controller, which resembles the baton of the Wii with a coloured ball in front, is on sale at the United States in September for $50 or $80 with a related product.In November, Microsoft Corp. introduced its Kinect motion - sensing controller with a free game for $150. The company based in Redmond, Washington last month said that sold 10 million Kinect sensors.Nintendo has sold nearly 440,000 units the player portable game 3DS in its first week of sales in the United States at the end of March. Combined with three former models, Nintendo has sold units of 860,000 DS in March, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said earlier this month, citing figures from the NPD Group Inc. industry tracker. A year ago, Nintendo sold 701,000 DS handhelds.The company missed its target of sales of players 3DS of 4 million for the year just ended due to the earthquake and tsunami North of the Japan last month, said Iwata.-With the help of Masatsugu Horie in Osaka. Editors: Anand Krishnamoorthy, Cho Young-Sam.
To contact the reporter on this story: Pavel Alpeyev in Tokyo at the palpeyev@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Cho Young-Sam to ycho2@bloomberg.net
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