Nintendo has reiterated that it has “no plans” to boost the beneficial retail worth for Nintendo Change all over the world.
The remark got here in response to a shareholder query, who had requested whether or not the corporate can be thought-about given the depreciation of the yen.
“Presently, there aren’t any plans to boost the worth of our {hardware},” Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed on the firm’s six months monetary outcomes briefing. “Nonetheless, the yen has depreciated at an surprising stage for a protracted length, so we are going to fastidiously contemplate as we monitor the state of affairs going ahead. It’s true that for Japan particularly, {hardware} profitability has decreased as a result of extended depreciation of the yen.
“How we view the consequences of inflation and different elements stays unchanged. Whereas we imagine there may be at present no main impression, we are going to proceed to observe varied elements of our product gross sales.”
Earlier this yr, Furukawa had expressed a want to “wish to keep away from pricing folks out” and that significance that the transportable residence console’s pricing remained aggressive in opposition to different merchandise that buyers flip to for his or her leisure.
