Nintendo profits revived by weak yen

Wednesday, 24^th April 2013 18:43 BST (Europe/London)
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Nintendo has bounced back into profit, thanks to a weaker Japanese yen. The games maker reported an annual profit of 7.1bn yen ($72m;

The Japanese yen has been trading at around 95 yen to the dollar in recent months, compared to around 80 a year ago. A weak yen makes products cheaper to buyers outside Japan. Woe is Wii? Sales of Nintendo's Wii U consoles came in at 3.45 million units, well short of the four million annual target. The Wii U, which went on sale late last year, was the first major new game console to arrive in stores in several years. The company said a lack of game software had caused console sales to miss the targets. Sony is promising to launch the latest version of its Playstation console later this year and Microsoft could also be set to release an updated Xbox by the busy festive season.