What this is
Nintendo’s share of results from equity-method affiliates for the year to March 2005: a loss of ¥3.5bn.
How it’s built
- Read from Nintendo’s earnings release for the year to March 2006, which shows the prior year for comparison.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
It swung to a ¥267m profit the next year. It covered all affiliates, including game studios, so it is not a measure of Pokémon alone.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
持分法投資損益 267 百万円 △ 3,512 百万円 In English
持分法投資損益: FY3/2006 +267, FY3/2005 -3,512 (loss in 営業外費用).
Where it’s used
Related figures
The same measure, other periods