Nintendo Increases Net Sales and Sells Another 15.7 Million Switch Consoles

Nintendo has released its full financial report for the fiscal year from April 2023 to March 2024. Net sales increased by 4.4 per cent to 1.672 trillion yen (10.045 billion euros). Operating profit was 528.941 billion yen (3.178 billion euros), an increase of 4.9 per cent. The Japanese company reports good sales for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and for Pikmin 4. In addition, the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in April 2023 had a positive impact on sales of Mario-related titles such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which sold 8.18 million units for a cumulative total of 61.97 million units. The total number of million-selling titles for the fiscal year was 31, including games from other software publishers.

Nintendo has released its full financial report for the fiscal year from April 2023 to March 2024. Net sales increased by 4.4 per cent to 1.672 trillion yen (10.045 billion euros). Operating profit was 528.941 billion yen (3.178 billion euros), an increase of 4.9 per cent. The Japanese company reports good sales for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and for Pikmin 4. In addition, the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in April 2023 had a positive impact on sales of Mario-related titles such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which sold 8.18 million units for a cumulative total of 61.97 million units. The total number of million-selling titles for the fiscal year was 31, including games from other software publishers.

From April 2023 to March 2024, 15.7 million Switch consoles were sold worldwide, down 12.6 per cent year on year. The forecast was 15 million. In the current fiscal year (ending March 2025), Nintendo aims to ship another 13.5 million Switch consoles. Since its launch, 141.32 million Switch units have been sold. According to Jim Ryan, Sony's PlayStation 2 is at 160 million (officially around 155 million), Nintendo DS at 154.02 million. Nintendo plans to unveil the successor to the Switch before the end of this fiscal year, i.e. by the end of March 2025.

In terms of software, Nintendo sold nearly 200 million games in the past fiscal year, a decrease of 6,7 per cent year-on-year. The share of digital sales of full versions increased to 50.2 per cent. In total, 1.236 billion software units were sold on Switch. Nintendo will release Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in May) and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD in June. Another Nintendo Direct featuring new Switch games is planned for June.

First-party games on Switch that have sold over one million units

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 61.97m
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 45.36m
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 34.22m
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 31.85m
5. Super Mario Odyssey - 27.96m
6. Pokémon Sword & Shield - 26.27m
7. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - 24.92m
8. Super Mario Party - 20.66m
9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 20.61m *
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 17.45m
11. Luigi's Mansion 3 - 14.25m
12. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 13.47m
13. Super Mario Bros. Wonder - 13.44m *
14. Nintendo Switch Sports - 13.11m
15. Mario Party Superstars - 12.89m
16. Splatoon 3 - 11.96m
17. Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 7.52m
18. Pikmin 4 - 3.48m *
19. Super Mario RPG - 3.31m *
20. Princess Peach: Showtime! - 1.22m *
21. Mario vs. Donkey Kong - 1.12m *
    (Asterisk denotes games released in the last fiscal year, from April 2023 to March 2024)

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