The months of January, February, and March are normally sluggish for Nintendo, however it appears nobody instructed the corporate that as they delivered 4 huge titles in that interval.
In fact, coming after the ‘Vacation’ quarter, the expansion in {hardware} gross sales may appear just a little smaller by comparability, however Nintendo has nonetheless bought fairly nicely. Nintendo ended the monetary 12 months with 17.97m Nintendo Swap consoles bought, simply shy of its 18m aim. This was a decline of twenty-two.1% 12 months on 12 months as Nintendo says “shortages of semiconductors and different parts impacted manufacturing till across the finish of summer time”. A scarcity of progress over the vacations in comparison with different years was additionally talked about. Nintendo expects to promote solely 15m Swap consoles this monetary 12 months displaying that issues are slowing down.
Software program gross sales have been down 9% year-on-year as nicely, however digital gross sales have been up 12.7% for a similar interval.
Any outcomes associated to The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film weren’t talked about.
New video games launched included Metroid Prime Remastered which topped 1,000,000, Hearth Emblem Interact (1.6m), and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe additionally did nicely (1.46m). The opposite title launched this quarter was Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Misplaced Demon however no figures got for that.
Nintendo’s evergreen titles received a lift, Mario Get together Superstars went over 10m outdated, and Splatoon 3 did as nicely. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet inch nearer and nearer to overtaking Pokemon Gold and Silver as nicely.
Swap {Hardware} Updates
Nintendo Swap complete: 125.62m (Up from 122.55m)
– Nintendo Swap: 94.8m (Up from 88.66m)
– Nintendo Swap Lite: 23.02m (Up from 20.40m)
– Nintendo Swap OLED Mannequin: 22.71m (Up from 13.49m)
Swap Software program Million Sellers Updates
Final Quarter Additions
- Hearth Emblem Interact – 1.61m
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – 1.46m
- Metroid Prime Remastered – 1.09m
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Misplaced Demon – No itemizing
Pokémon
- Pokémon Sword and Protect – 25.82m (up from 25.68m final qtr)
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – 22.10m (up from 20.61m final qtr)
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus – 1.48m (up from 14.63m)
Evergreen Million Sellers
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 53.79m (up from 52m final qtr)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 42.21m (Up from 41.59m final qtr)
- Tremendous Smash Bros. Final – 31.09m (up from 30.44m final qtr)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 29.81m (up from 29m final qtr)
- Tremendous Mario Odyssey – 26.75m (up from 25.12m final qtr)
- Tremendous Mario Get together – 19.14m (up from 18.79m final qtr)
- Ring Match Journey – 15.38m (up from 15.22m final qtr)
- New Tremendous Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 15.41m
- Mario Get together Superstars – 10.17m
- Splatoon 3 – 10.67m (Up from 10.33m)
- Nintendo Swap Sports activities – 9.6m (Up from 8.61m)
- Mario Strikers Battle League Soccer – 2.54m (Up from 2.47m)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 1.86m (Up from 1.8m final qtr)
- Bayonetta 3 – 1.07m (up from 1.04m final qtr)