Nintendo bad week just got worse. The Japanese video game developer said Wednesday it was delaying the release of Pokemon go plus ", an extension to the popular game Smartphone. Also recorded a net loss $ 233 million in the fourth quarter.
On Monday, the company's shares fell after it was told to go just Pokemon "limited" effect on the bottom line. Nintendo's share price had more than doubled after the release of the hit game augmented reality this month, add $ 23 billion to the market value of the company. But the stock now to about 30 per cent higher last week.
Pokemon go really developed and distributed by a company called Niantic. Nintendo (ntedov), Pokemon, one of its subsidiaries, invested in Niantic dominates the private sector-but even other companies including Google.
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"Pokémon go plus", a separate device to enhance the gaming experience, other way Nintendo can benefit from a runaway success in the game. But on Wednesday the release has been pushed back to the end of this month to September. He gave no reason for the delay.
Do the rest of the private company's business in accordance with the statement of earnings on Wednesday. Sales for the three months ended 30 June-before the release of Pokemon go-plummeting 13 percent from the previous year, with a sharp decline in particular hardware and software for the Wii console.
Nintendo said it harms the strengthening currency of Japan, which helped push the red for the quarter. He went from profit 8.3 billion yen ($ 79 million) last year to a loss of 24.5 billion yen ($ 233 million).
Despite a rough quarter, is still sticking to its expectations of profit of 35 billion yen ($ 332 million) for the year ended March 31, 2017.
