Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced half yearly profits of ¥38.3 billion ($365.2 million), up 234% from ¥11.5 billion ($109.3 million) a year ago, on sales of ¥136.8 billion ($1.3 billion), down 33% from ¥204.2 billion ($1.9 billion). The company saw hardware sales rise 19% YoY to 2.71 million units while software was steady at 19.23 million units.