Nintendo Switch Sales Fall 30% “Below Expectations” as the Company Gears up for Switch 2


Nintendo

has
reported
its
latest
set
of
financial
data
and
somewhat
unsurprisingly
sales
of
the

Switch

have
seen
substantial
drop
of
30.6%
year-on-year
for
the
nine
months
ending
31st
December.
As
such,
Nintendo
is
dropping
its
expecting
operating
profit
by
another
22%
to
¥280
billion
($1.8bn).

Why
is
that
not
surprising?
Well,
the
console
is
obviously
now
8
years
old,
and

the
Switch
2
was
recently
announced
as
launching
this
year.


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It
should
be
noted
that
while
sales
are
down,
the
Switch
continues
to
sell
impressively
for
such
an
old
console,
with
another
4.82
million
being
sold
across
the
quarter,
for
a
total
of
9.54
million
for
the
fiscal
year.
The
OLED
has
been
the
biggest
seller
at
5.07
million,
with
the
original
Switch
coming
in
at
2.74
million
and
the
Lite
sitting
in
last
at
1.73
million.

That
brings
the
Nintendo
Switch
up
to

a
total
of
150.86
million
units
sold

across
its
lifetime.
That
means
it’s
roughly
3.2
million
away
from
overtaking
the
Nintendo
DS,
and
about
10
million
away
from
dethroning
the
PS2
as
the
best-selling
console
of
all
time.
Keep
in
mind,

Sony
quite
recently
updated
the
PS2
sales
figures,
giving
it
five
more
million.

But
while
those
numbers
are
still
impressive,
they
fell
below
Nintendo’s
own
expectations.
As
such
the
company
has
again
lowered
its
expectations
again
for
the
fiscal
year
(which
ends
on
March
31)
to
11
million
consoles
sold.
In
other
words,
Nintendo
is
predicting
around
another
1.5
million
Switch
units
to
sold
by
the
end
of
March.

Software
sales
also
took
a
fairly
big
drop
of
24%.
Nintendo
attributes
most
of
this
drop
to
the
releases
of

The
Legend
of
Zelda:
Tears

of
the
Kingdom
and
Super
Mario
Bros.
Wonder,
both
of
which
released
in
2023
and
sold
millions
upon
millions
of
copies.

Speaking
of
software,
Nintendo
provided
some
updates
on
its
games.
Covering
October
through
to
December
of
2024,
The
Legend
of
Zelda:
Echoes
of
Wisdom
(released
in
September)
managed
to
sell
another
1.3
million
copies,
bringing
its
total
to
3.91
million.
Super
Mario
Jamboree
(October)
has
managed
an
impressive
6.17
million.
Finally,
Mario
&
Luigi
Brothership
(November)
has
sold
a
fairly
soft
1.4
million.

Overall,
the
top-ten
best
selling
Nintendo
games
haven’t
really
changed.
Mario
Kart
8
Deluxe
somehow
managed
to
sell
another
2.08
million
copies,
brining
its
lifetime
total
to
a
whoppping
67.35
million.


  1. Mario
    Kart
    8
    Deluxe –
    67.35m
    (+2.08m)

  2. Animal
    Crossing:
    New
    Horizons –
    47.44m
    (+0.99m)

  3. Super
    Smash
    Bros.
    Ultimate –
    35.88m
    (+0.74m)

  4. Legend
    of
    Zelda:
    Breath
    of
    the
    Wild –
    32.62m
    (+0.33m)

  5. Super
    Mario
    Odyssey –
    29.04m
    (+0.54m)

  6. Pokemon Sword/Shield

    26.60m
    (+0.16m)

  7. Pokémon
    Scarlet
    &
    Violet –
    26.38m
    (+0.69m)

  8. Legend
    of
    Zelda:
    Tears
    of
    the
    Kingdom

    21.55m
    (+0.51m)

  9. Super
    Mario
    Party

    21.10m
    (+0.12m)

  10. New
    Super
    Mario
    Bros.
    U
    Deluxe

    18.06
    (+0.29m)

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