Nintendo sells 4.82m switch consoles in the holiday quarter, with 30.1%
Nintendo ads financial results For its third fiscal quarter, ending on December 31, with the switching hardware sales reaching 4.82 million units, which is 30.1% compared to the same quarter a year ago.
It is clear that here we are starting to get a position Switch 2 The game console now and Switch Sales will just continue to go down from here.
For the nine months ending on December 31, Nintendo has sold 9.54 million SWITCH hybrid consoles, which is 30.6% compared to a year ago.
As for the Nintendo Switch business in the nine months, ending on December 31, 2024, the sales of titles published this fiscal year are constantly increasing, with the legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (released in September), recording sales sales At 3.91 million units so far.
Super Mario Party Jamboree (released in October) has sold 6.17 million units. In addition, Nintendo saw stable sales in titles published by the end of the previous fiscal year, with the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe selling 5.38 million pieces (for cumulative sales of 67.35 million pieces).
As a result of these factors, the total number of millions of titles sells during this period reached 19, including titles from other software publishers. Hardware sales amount to 9.54 million units (a 30.6% reduction on an annual basis), and software sales amount to 123.98 million units (a 24.4% reduction on an annual basis).
Sales of both hardware and software decreased compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, when sales were significantly conditioned by the legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (released in May 2023) and Super Mario Bros. Wonder (released in October 2023). However, sales remained stable for a platform in their eighth year.
Turning to the digital business for the specialized video game platform, digital sales amounted to 245.8 billion yen, which is 29.0% annually, mainly due to the reduction of sales of Nintendo Switch, which can be downloaded packaged software versions.
In the mobile and IP business, sales have increased significantly during the same period of the last fiscal year, thanks to the high level of audience involvement with the movie Super Mario Bros., which was released in April 2023. During this period, sales reached this period 49.7 billion yen, which is 33.9% annually due to a decrease in the revenue related to the film.
The end result is that total sales reached 956.2 billion yen, with sales outside Japan of 731.5 billion yen representing 76.5% of the total, and operating profit reached 247.5 billion yen. Interest revenue from 44.0 billion yen and other factors led to a simple profit of 327.1 billion yen and the profit due to the owners of a parent of 237.1 billion yen.
Although Nintendo Switch Hardware and software sales in the third quarter were below expectations, Nintendo Switch continues to be used by many people. In the future, we will continue to launch new suggestions, so even more users continue to play Nintendo Switch.
Looking at the software, Nintendo released Donkey Kong Country returns HD in January and plans to follow with the release of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definition in March. Other software publishers also have plans to release a wide variety of titles, and Nintendo will strive to activate the platform by constantly introducing new titles in addition to existing titles.
Nintendo reviewed the financial forecast, originally published on November 5, 2024, taking into account the tendency of sales in the nine months, ended on December 31, 2024, prospects for the rest of the fiscal year, as well as a revaluation of the alleged currency price. Nintendo also modifies Nintendo Switch Hardware and Software Sold Progost for the fiscal year.
Nintendo’s switching debuted in 2017 and he generated over 129 million current players, completing sales of 150 million units sold so far.
Nintendo recently showed the Switch 2 in a two -minute video and he will start displaying it in public demonstrations in April.
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