Switch near 20 million sold Globally via Finance Report

https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-financial-results-three-months-ended-june-30-2018-switch-at-19-67-million-units-total/

– Switch hardware total: 19.67 million

– Switch software total: 86.93 million

– 3DS hardware total: 72.89 million

– 3DS software total: 367.84 million

– Wii U hardware total: 13.56 million

– Wii U software total: 102.28 million

During the first quarter of this period (April through June 2018), for Nintendo Switch, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released in May and became popular, selling 1.40 million units worldwide. Mario Tennis Aces, released in June, is also off to a good start, with 1.38 million units sold. We also released Nintendo Labo in April as an offering of new ways to play that gained a lot of attention globally, and was very well received by consumers who purchased it. Sales of Nintendo Labo series overall reached 1.39 million units. Additionally, sales of popular titles released during the previous fiscal year, and of titles released by other software publishers are showing steady growth. As a result, hardware and software sales came to 1.88 million units (4.4% decrease on a year-on-year basis), and 17.96 million units (120.8% increase on a year-on-year basis) respectively. Hardware sales of Nintendo 3DS, now in its 8th year since launch, reached 0.36 million units sold (61.9% decrease on a year-on-year basis), while 2.95 million software units were sold (49.6% decrease on a year-on-year basis). We also re-launched the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition in June, and recorded sales of 1.26 million units.

Turning to our digital business for dedicated video game platforms, sales of downloadable versions of packaged software and add-on content for Nintendo Switch showed especially good growth, bringing digital sales to 18.5 billion yen (68.0% increase on a year-on-year basis).

In our smart-device business, consumers are continuing to enjoy currently available titles like Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Smart devices and IP related income reached 9.0 billion yen (0.4% increase on a year-on-year basis).

Total sales reached 168.1 billion yen (of which overseas sales were 128.7 billion yen or 76.6% of the total sales). Operating profit came to 30.5 billion yen, ordinary profit was 43.8 billion yen, and profit attributable to owners of parent totaled 30.6 billion yen.

For Nintendo Switch, hardware sales in every region have been trending upwards since the video game expo, E3, was held in the US in June. In parallel with an increase in digital sales, software sales also have been moving in good shape towards the holiday season.

Between this summer and the end of the year, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker will be released in July, followed by Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit as the third Nintendo Labo product in September and Super Mario Party in October. The latest series titles, Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! will be released in November, and then Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be released in December. We also expect to release several key titles from other software publishers as we continue to offer attractive titles that are filled with variety. In September, we plan to launch Nintendo Switch Online, our paid service that expands online functionality for Nintendo Switch. Through all of these efforts, we are working to further accelerate the already great momentum of

Nintendo Switch.

For Nintendo 3DS, we will continue to leverage the platform’s rich software library and its hardware install base to further expand sales of evergreen titles.

For the smart-device business, we plan to release a new original game application titled Dragalia Lost this summer, as well as our Mario Kart application for smart devices, Mario Kart Tour, by the end of this fiscal year. As we introduce these new game applications, we will also focus on continued operations for applications that have already been released so that consumers can enjoy playing them for a long time.

There is no revision to the financial forecast for this period originally published on April 26, 2018

LOL labo at 1.4m sold. These ninty suckers buy everything.

Congrats to Nintendo. Very good numbers from them. At this rate they'll be overtaking the Flopbone by next year for sure.

I expect Pokemon and Smash to move a lot of consoles this holiday.

Hardware sales are down yoy and they were nearly doubled by PS4 in the same quarter.

Software sales are pretty insane though.

Software sales are crazy good for it. Things should pick up again at the end of the year.

Jebus I know the Wii U has some years out but even those software sales seem surprising. Also Labo ftw.

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

@KBFloYd said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@BenjaminBanklin said:

Software sales are crazy good for it. Things should pick up again at the end of the year.

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

That's not a real Pokemon RPG. Just a dumbed down glorified port of Pokemon Go.

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@KBFloYd said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@BenjaminBanklin said:

Software sales are crazy good for it. Things should pick up again at the end of the year.

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

That's not a real Pokemon RPG. Just a dumbed down glorified port of Pokemon Go.

Is that a bad thing? Go has been downloaded 100 million times and has generated over $250 million.

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@KBFloYd said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@BenjaminBanklin said:

Software sales are crazy good for it. Things should pick up again at the end of the year.

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

That's not a real Pokemon RPG. Just a dumbed down glorified port of Pokemon Go.

No matter what it is, people will still buy it if it has Pokemon on it. That's not me defending that game, it's just the way it is.

@boycie said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@KBFloYd said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@BenjaminBanklin said:

Software sales are crazy good for it. Things should pick up again at the end of the year.

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

That's not a real Pokemon RPG. Just a dumbed down glorified port of Pokemon Go.

Is that a bad thing? Go has been downloaded 100 million times and has generated over $250 million.

Free to play vs $60. Big difference.

It's also easy to get people to spend money on free to play games once they are hooked on it. See Fortnite.

@BenjaminBanklin said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@KBFloYd said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@BenjaminBanklin said:

Software sales are crazy good for it. Things should pick up again at the end of the year.

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

That's not a real Pokemon RPG. Just a dumbed down glorified port of Pokemon Go.

No matter what it is, people will still buy it if it has Pokemon on it. That's not me defending that game, it's just the way it is.

No doubt but I don't think it will sell as much as a traditional Pokemon RPG would.

@NathanDrakeSwag: I agree.

Hardcore Pokemon fans will be a bit reluctant about it, and casual Pokemon Go players probably won't buy a console and the game just to play it.

Still, it'll probably move a few million copies.

a few?

prepare yourself

@sakaixx: u mad

Yup, nintendo flopped. If only they had catered to youtubers like angry joe!! Maybe then they would have had a chance to sell because of all that “free pr.” Nintendo, you blew it, you blew it all up. God damn you. God damn you all to hell .

Also, Labo ftw. Not bad for a new Nintendo IP.

Kudos to Nintendo Switch and when SSB Ultimate & the real Pokemon game releases next year, we will all see twice the Switch sales!

@davillain-: I could see the switch selling 100 million.

As long as Nintendo continues releasing more and more exclusive Switch games, I can see it hitting $100 million over it's lifespan.

Just proves it was wise of Nintendo to abandon the console biz and just go mobile, they've always done well in that market. :P

Lol what a retarded post.

Pretty impressive numbers all around and nice to see. Kudos to Nintendo. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the two Pokémon games will definitely move a lot of systems and put up some very large numbers as well.

@sakaixx: I would have thought a big Switch fan like yourself would appreciate how ultra realistic the Labo graphics are

@xantufrog: if only the switch screen I am looking at is equally good.

Yep. I could see Switch hitting 30 million by next March then passing Xbone by 2020. Who knows though since MS is too scared to release sales numbers.

Not only wise, brilliant move.

You're retarded if you believe the Smash Bros audience doesn't overlap with Mario Kart, Mario, and Zelda.

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@BenjaminBanklin said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@KBFloYd said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

They'll get a holiday sales boost like everything gets but there isn't a huge number of people out there waiting for Smash to come out before buying a Switch that didn't already buy one for MK/Odyssey/BOTW. They all sell to the same exact people.

I think the HW decline is real.

wait....

anyway, christmas time is nintendo time. Switch will win nov and dec npd for sure.

That's not a real Pokemon RPG. Just a dumbed down glorified port of Pokemon Go.

No matter what it is, people will still buy it if it has Pokemon on it. That's not me defending that game, it's just the way it is.

No doubt but I don't think it will sell as much as a traditional Pokemon RPG would.

Then you would be wrong... I actually think it'll sell MORE. Maybe not original Red and Blue levels, but higher than their usual average. Core Pokemon fans are going to buy it to tide them over until Pokemon 2019 comes out. Then some of the Go audience will jump on it. Obviously not all or even half (no one is expecting 400/800 million people to buy a Switch), but even a fraction of that is a good number.

Check out some of the games that are selling. Labo, 1 2 Switch, and Arms. Hardcore Nintendo fans like to pretend that they're the driving force behind the Switch, and that was true at the beginning, but it's clear that the casuals have latched on and they'll be responsible for pushing hardware sales from here on out.

Other than Zelda, what else is worth buying a switch for that aren’t wii u ports? Honestly

You can play....Skyrim

1. Xeno 2
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Octopath Traveler
4. Splatoon 2
5. Mario and Rabbids

There are also a multitude of great multiplats on the system, which is nice if you play on the go:

1. Skyrim
2. Celeste
3. Doom
4. Stardew Valley
5. Fortnite
6. Rocket League
7. Sonic Mania

So much more.

Yeah but this is true for all consoles. The majority of PS4 owners use it for Madden, Fifa, and Netflix. Casuals are king. Can't sell big numbers without them.

You're not even trying bruh.

Nintendo hater thinks software decline is real.

Shocker.

Switch is awesome at selling games. Xenoblade 2 sold 1.31 Million becoming the best Monolith Soft has ever sold.

@lundy86_4: super mario might interest me, but the rest of the games don’t interest me in the slightest. I’m a 35 year old man, maybe the switch is targeted more for kiddies?

@Bread_or_Decide: I dunno man. There aren’t really any system sellers other than your usual mario, Zelda. For me anyway

I'm in my early 30's and Switch to me isn't trying to be all kidding gaming. It's all about having fun. Never underestimate Nintendo games, no matter how kiddie they may seem.

Different strokes for different folks I supposed.

Other than Bloodborne what is there to buy a PS4 for?

This 'other than Zelda and Mario' crap is the most boring shit you can read on the internet.

Really? Don't sink to other people's levels, you know there are loads.

Awh cmon man, hes exactly the kind that would of fallen for the setup.

@pdogg93: I'm 31 and i'm doing just fine with the Switch.

PC+PS4=best combo. I mean, come on, who would not think this is the best combo here?

One's who think PC/PS4/Switch, that ultimately covers every game releases.

@Random_Matt: do you seriously have time to play all those systems?

Of course not, I only have PC at the moment. Sure plenty of people have them all though.