Nintendo has released its Third Quarter Results for this financial year, and the big headline is that in less that a year on sale the Switch has managed to surpass the lifetime sales of its forerunner, the Wii U.
The figures show a company in rude health, with net sales up 175.5 percent year-on-year at ¥857,012 million. Operating income also takes a big bump, rising a whopping 494.6 percent year-on-year to ¥156,462 million. Profit - arguably the most important figure - sees a more modest jump, rising 31.3 percent to ¥135,165 million.
The success of Switch is the key driving force behind the results, as you might imagine. Nintendo sold 7.24 million consoles during the last quarter - that's 12.13 million in this financial year to date (2017/2018) and a staggering 14.86 million in total since it launched in March last year. In terms of distribution, 3.72 million consoles have been sold in Japan, 5.94 million in the Americas and 5.2 million in "other", which includes Europe. Nintendo has increased its hardware sales forecast to 15 million units, up from 14 million.
In terms of software sales on Switch, 25.08 million games were sold in the last quarter, bringing total sales to 47.1 million (in this financial year) and 52.57 million to date. Again, Nintendo has increased its projections, stating that it expects to sell 53 million games this financial year. It's worth noting that these figures only count digital software that has a retail version.
The top-selling Switch games so far are as follows:
- Super Mario Odyssey - 9.07 million units
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 7.33 million units
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 6.7 million units
- Splatoon 2 - 4.91 million units
- 1-2-Switch - 1.88 million units
- ARMS - 1.61 million units
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 1.06 million units
Elsewhere, the 3DS continues to tick over nicely despite being old enough (in console years, at least) to claim its pension. 3 million systems were sold in the last quarter, bringing the total for the financial year to 5.86 million. Total lifetime sales of the machine now stand at an impressive 71.99 million. Software-wise, 17.43 million 3DS games were retailed during the last quarter, bringing the financial year's total to 31.25 million. Lifetime software sales on 3DS now stand at 390.5 million units since launch.
The top-selling 3DS games so far are as follows:
- Mario Kart 7 - 16.76 million units
- Pokémon X/Y - 16.26 million units
- Pokémon Sun/Moon - 16.05 million units
- Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - 13.94 million units
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 12.43 million units
- Super Mario 3D Land - 11.77 million units
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 11.59 million units
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS - 9.16 million units
- Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon - 7.17 million units
- Tomodachi Life - 6.14 million units
Total eShop sales are unsurprisingly up too, reaching 43.1 billion Yen, which represents a 87% increase on a year-on-year basis.
Smartphone revenue is also detailed, with Nintendo's range of mobile games bringing in ¥11,176 million for the quarter and ¥29,101 million in the financial year to date. Pokémon Go remains a cash cow, despite the fact that Nintendo only sees a small amount of the total profits; it generated ¥2,217 million for the quarter and ¥8,646 million during this financial year.
Mention was also made of amiibo, which shifted 9.30 million figures and approximately 5.00 million cards.
[source resetera.com, via nintendo.co.jp]
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Great numbers! I am curious to see if momentum fades in 2018 without a big hitter like Mario Kart or Zelda.
Switch already sold more than PS4 did in it's first year. Truly Nintendos got a hit on their hands that they need to keep supporting with Exclusives and amazing 3rd party support. No reason to sit back and just get lazy now.
Wow that's quite impressive, well done Nintendo. Too bad they are off to a limp start to 2018 with their mini Direct.
Splatoon 2 already reached the sales threshold the first game hit, IIRC. Sweet!
@Janus1986 Labo!
Excellent results. Hope they unveil the next wave of big hitter games that will arrive later this year to continue the momentum. Labo sales will help guarantee that 2018 is even stronger.
My god, those are some impressive numbers. The attachment rate for titles like Super Mario Odyssey is through the roof. This could truly wind up being Nintendo's next Wii/DS.
The Switch is now outpacing the PS4 sales over the first 10 months by a healthy margin. 14.86 million vs. 13.5 million, or 110%. It's early to make bold predictions but continued momentum could have the switch lifetime numbers well over 100 million.
Who would have believed this a year ago? I was very enthusiastic following the Switch reveal and did believe it would succeed, but not to that extent! It is well deserved in my opinion.
@Nomad pretty sure there will be a full fledged direct in Feb
Great news but I’ve got a funny feeling those sales will be slower over the next few months. Think the lack of announced new content hasn’t done the switch any favours for this upcoming quarter
Comeback of the century
What a glorious announcement on Rusev Day.
Good riddance to yesterdays rubbish, I used my WiiU once every few months to play the party games round a mates and sometimes to play my VC back catalogue from the Wii. That’s, about, it.
A gamepad that was bulky, mostly unused except when ruining games like StarFox Zero and it had a horrific battery life for a console turning a console into a bizarre NDS with dual screens and 2.5 hour playtime (unless you wanted to be attached to a wall socket the whole time you played).
And sometimes it was enforced even when playing with a Pro controller (Bayonetta refused to launch if the gamepad was dead and it often was as it held its charge for all of 3 days).
So I just sacked it off, never used it. Thankfully they got it right this time and are now bringing all of the WiiU’s good games forward with it.
The WiiU is dead, long live the Switch!
P.S To all who loved the WiiU and a know a few around here do and think the Switch is a downgrade... Glad you liked it, shame you dislike Switch, but you’re entitled to your own opinion the same as I am and oh boy do I feel that the Switch is a MAJOR improvement.
Fantastic News.
I'd love a new 2D Mario to look forward too, it's been over 5 years since the last one if you exclude Super Mario Maker.
Would like it to be something slightly different from the "New Super Mario Bros" formula
@QwertyQwerty yeah was surprised and happy that has sold so well. Think that’s the best selling of the franchise now already
With numbers like these, Nintendo needs to prove that they have some big hitters for 2018 if they have any intention in keeping the momentum.
Xenoblade did well after all (!), my wish for jrpg-machine!Switch may come true eventually.
Uncle Scrooge McDuck must have loaned them his lucky dime at some point.XD
I'm hoping some of the rumored games come to fruition this year.^_^
@WaitroseDad64 That would be great if there is.
More people need to buy ARMS, the Party Crash's are unmissable
As expected. The Switch should be compared to other handhelds, not the Wii U, a console Nintendo botched from conception to its grave and had the worst sales figures of any Nintendo product(not including the Virtual Boy).
We've as good as confirmation that Metroid Prime 4 won't be coming out this year and Bayonetta 3 probably won't either.
Nintendo will be holding their Annual Corporate Management Policy Briefing tomorrow. We should get some news from that.
I'm SO pleased to see Xenoblade Chronicles 2 top the 1m mark! This is very encouraging for the Switch's future with genres beyond the ones Nintendo already does so well. Fair play to Arms, too - that is a decent tally.
I'd love to know the figures for Mario + Rabbids - they must be over the 1m mark too.
Amazing numbers for Tomodachi Life - still not tried it myself and wouldn't have expected it to have done half as well as it has.
Switch software figures make it even more surprising that there hasn't been a January game from Nintendo. But I guess if Odyssey is selling a million copies a week, they don't need much else.
Nice numbers, 9 million for Super Mario Odyssey is very impressive. I have a question, do Nintendo only announce the first party best sellers on the Switch or are we to read this as no 3rd party game reached a million? Because i'd have thought games like Rocket League and Mario + Rabbids would've at least reached 1 million.
There is an interesting piece of document from Nintendo showing the release games dates for 2018.
There you can see that they still expecting the new Fire Emblem to be released in 2018, which is good as we don't know anything about the game.
But also it shows a Pokemon date as "2018 or later", which means that Nintendo expects to release this game in 2018.
If that is the case, they will probably keep it for the holiday season and it will be incredible for them as the sales will sky rocket.
It fills me with such joy to see a hardcore JRPG like Xenoblade 2 break the 1m mark. This will send a message to developers and publishers. Methinks there are some great JRPGs in store for the Switch!
Did Nintendo release the numbers for the SNES classic? Wonder what that did
@StormtheFrontier yeah they only announce sales figures for their own titles. Sure Mario + Rabbids is over the 1 million by now
1-2-Switch has sold more then ARMS and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. What a strange world we live in.
DOA
Pretty solid start and healthy numbers for sure.
@Nomad Don't forget that 1-2 Switch was available since day one and back then you didn't have many options of games so the numbers, I believe, reflect that.
ARMS arrived around 4-5 months after 1-2 Switch and it is a new IP so the numbers are not bad.
Xenoblade 2 was only released in December last year so for it to have sold more than 1 million is an impressive number.
I'm sure that 1-2 Switch will be forgotten in due time.
Love it when trolls move the goalposts, the new narrative is that we have to compare its sales with handhelds, not consoles. Next goalpost will probably be that it needs to sell Wii+DS numbers to be considered successful.
Otherwise, immense success all around and I hope that XC2 selling more than a million in less than a month will make other concern trolls finally shut up.
@Nomad How is that impressive? It was pretty much the other game to Zelda and it had the launch boost.
ARMS is a 3D fighter that was pretty shallow in terms of content au launch and Xeno2 is a hardcore JRPG not named Final Fantasy.
If anything i think ARMS is a little underwhelming but i think we will see a new version in 2-3 years, but Xeno2 is something glorious, it sold more than 1, 3D or X in less than a month
Happy for Xenoblade Chronicles 2!
This is great news but it will all fall off a cliff unless Nintendo capitalize on this momentum with some actual games that are not ports or Indie's.
Nintendo need to fork out some of this money they just earned to buy out a couple of exclusives, at least 2 this year to see them through to 2019, one in june and another for the holiday's.
couple that with a few of the Nintendo IP's coming and some solid Indie support and 2018 wont be a white wash that it is turning out to be.
It's nice to see that Nintendo have the ball again, but run with it you fools!!! RUN!!!
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Matroid Prime 4 and Bayonetter 3 not making it out this year is completely expected as well.
And let's be fair and say that the one thing Nintendo didn't botch about Wii U was learning that the ability to play console quality titles off-tv REALLY matters to people. And that nobody likes a cluttered interface. In fact, most of the things they did wrong about the Wii U, they're doing right with Switch.
@Nomad Oh c'mon. Limp start? Are you really serious????
@SLIGEACH_EIRE The Switch should be compared to other handhelds, not the Wii U? Says who? You? Gimme a break!
Finally, a Xenoblade game reaches a million sales... I think I'm gonna tear up :' )
@Nomad
1-2-Switch does have the broader appeal, being focused on local mulitplayer like the system itself, and it really is a lot of fun, even if hardened player like to put it down for being a collection of hardware proof-of-concepts. I was also much more broadly advertised, so I personally would have been surprised if it hadn't sold more.
I wish Iwata was still around to see this.
Hopefully we will get some news about pikmin 4 at e3.
Wierd, from all the 3DS success games, only one of franchising (Mario kart) was import to switch.
Most surprising stat of all: There are 8 mil switch owners without BoTW. Wow. How?!?
@Dev at this rate it will easily overtake the sales of Super Mario 64
Man, those numbers are splendid! 7.2 switches sold in just three months, it's something Nintendo should be proud of, especially after the Wii U.
Aside from that, now they should try and maintain this succes.
@bluedogrulez I plus more than a million others (literally) bought it for the Wii U, and I'm not going to buy it for the Switch too
Dead on arrival!!!!
Those Odyssey numbers are really very good. Great to see the Switch being a success. Splatoon 2 has surpassed Splatoon, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will clearly outsell MK8. Xenoblade passing 1m in 4 weeks is great.
BTW I was so wrong about 1-2-Switch. Nearly 2m units sold is astonishing.
Very good news. If you had told me this after the underwhelming event last year I would have believed you, and even now there is still much the Switch can improve on. I hope Nintendo can keep up the momentum this year!
P.S. Those are some absurd software numbers!
@Janus1986 I suspect it will grow. Anecdotally, I haven’t meant any non gamers who really know what it is yet. If N is effective in reaching out from the core gamers and into a broader audience they will continue to grow. Little places like india and zchina May also help if they manage to get into those markets successfully.
Very impressive, hopefully the momentum continues for further years despite the existence of the paid online service.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Why should it be compared to handhelds? The system sells for $300 with no games. The games sell for “console” prices. The reason the Switch has succeeded is because Nintendo had a clear, simple vision. They didn’t have that with the WiiU so they couldn’t convince people to buy it. Though personally I quite liked the WiiU.
@gortsi : understood (and commendable). So 6 mil switch owners still unaccounted for. Could mean BoTW will continue to sell well in 2018. Great game.
Not surprised. Nintendo did an excellent job with their first year with the Switch. Now the big question, can they do better or at least do the same this year?
Once again I don't see much point in comparing to the Wii U, yes it's great that it outsold the Wii U in one year but if that's not hard, if you want hard, compare the Switch to the PS4. Nintendo's next target must be to outsell the PS4 or at least get close to it. Now that's a target.
@Nomad That's the first 3 months of the year, Leading up to the Switch having been out ONE year. I'd say that's not a bad list of titles in the timeframe atall.
Evidence that if you're a third party, you can't sit on your hands now. If you have a game that would be good for the platform, now's the time to bring it over to Switch.
It’s 360.50 lifetime software for 3DS actually,
Did they say something about the sales in Korea?
I'm really curious since that country is mostly PC (competitive like Overwatch and League of Legends). I know it sold more than 55.000 in the first three days, but that's about it. Would love to see more about Nintendo and Korea.
I think passing the Wii U milestone is just a psychological barrier that confirms Nintendo in on right track. It needed to do this in Year 1.
From now I don't really care whether it outsells the Wii, PS4, Xbox or 3DS - it just has to be a viable platform. And as these results demonstrate it certainly is.
I wish we would all collectively acknowledge that the Switch is also the 3DS successor -and comparisons to it WILL be made- but I see some are still upset at the thought...
I hope we change our tune when new Pokémon doubles the hardware sales.
@Julien Right, that's probably something to get the more casual/family crowd in.
@Nomad 1 2 Switch is a game that hardly anyone visiting this website will care about. I got it at launch though and it goes down so well with non gamers. The marble count game blows peoples’ mind. The quick draw game is so easy to understand and instantly fun to play. It’s worth having as a party/family game, so I can see why it sells well. Should’ve been cheaper but you can say that about all Nintendo stuff!
@amiiboacid Xenoblade X was also a 1 million+ seller.
He's on fire!
So happy to see Xenoblade 2 hit those big numbers 🤩🎉
Those Odyssey numbers are crazy high.
Xenoblade 2 actually crossed a million. Good. It means they'll keep making more of them.
The key will be how much effect the monster hunter ripples have on the switch and this years very weak line up (announced so far).
Low sales based on weaker titles like Kirby, Yoshi, bayonetta port, DK port, hyrule FE port. These are all low half million sellers. Not monster trade drives so to speak.
The key will be E3 and if Metroid, a monster hunter port and Pokemon hit 2018
@Janus1986 I've been hardcore Nintendo since the SNES*, but I'm still excited about Labo. (* From the UK so had a Commodore 64 before that rather than a NES.)
@OorWullie What's your source for Xenoblade Chronicles X sales? If that's accurate then the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 sales aren't that great as suggests just the same hardcore audience are buying the game.
The Nintendo Switch sold 14.86 million consoles in 10 months.
According to Wikipedia, the original Wii shipped 13.17 million units by September 2007, a little over 10 months after its launch. So the Switch is currently outpacing the Wii, although after 10 months the Wii entered its second holiday season and will definitely retake the lead.
What about the DS? Surprisingly, it had a slow start, shipping 8.83 million units after 10 months.
And the PS4? After exactly 12 months, it sold 14.4 million units. Just for some perspective.
@Julien That was just from memory, I was sure Nintendo had included that in their 1 million+ sellers. Turns out I was wrong, it's lifetime sales are short of 1m with 0.86m sold. Chronicles sold 0.92. So Xenoblade 2 selling over 1 million after 1 month is indeed progress for the series. Maybe with some future promotion and sales it can get as high as 1.5m.
Good to hear and see. I'm happy to see the software is there to go along with the impressive hardware numbers.
@MarcelRguez I hope that by 2019 I can say the same thing about DC Films my other true love besides Nintendo.
@Lord Mainline Kirby games are usually 1million plus sellers. Epic Yarn sold over 2 million. Star Allies looks like it could be the best one yet so I'm sure it will do very well. Tropical Freeze sold well over 1 million (1.7m) and Bayonetta 2 just short of 1 million with 0.86m sold on Wii U. I don't think these figures include digital sales either. With so many Switch owners having never played either of these games I wouldn't be surprised to see sales at least match the originals.
These are excellent numbers, but I sense a slowdown in sales for at least the first half of the year, considering Nintendo’s nearly barren schedule of new first party games (which drive Nintendo hardware sales more than anything). Here’s hoping they pick up the slack in the second half of 2018.
@OorWullie It's a crime that the first Xenoblade Chronicles only sold 0.92 million. An amazing game, especially for its time.
XC2 feels rushed to me. Wish Nintendo had delayed the launch until 2018. (I'd wager most of us were still playing Super Mario Odyssey when it was released.) That said, it's still a good game and agree that with more promotion, time and a higher Switch install base it could sell 1.5 million.
1-2-Switch sales are also surprisingly low. Deservedly so in my opinion though as it's such a shallow experience. It's one of the few Nintendo games I've regretted buying. (At least with Fling Smash it came with a Wii Remote Plus so effectively cost just US$10.)
@Hikingguy This is why I didn't buy ARMS as couldn't see myself playing it much.
I own Splatoon 2 and TBH haven't got around to playing that yet! Does that mean there's something wrong with me?
Nice to see it doing so well. I wonder whether they can keep up the momentum, they don't have any games that'll be as popular as Zelda or Mario Odyssey arriving in the near future.
What in the world is "rude health"?
And once again it's worth pointing out this is before Metroid, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Smash............
@Hikingguy Good point! Yes, it was. And then GameStop inflated the prices of second-hand copies to ridiculous levels which further hurt sales.
Also available direct from Nintendo of America which is where I bought my copy as was living in New York at the time. (Now back in London wondering why we don't also have a Nintendo Store!)
@NewAdvent
They've sold 47 million games this financial year (the 52 million figure is lifetime sales) and expect to make it to 53m.
Woooo Xenoblade 2 did great!!
@RusevDay Happy Rusev Day!
@NewAdvent Once Nintendo kill off the (new) 3DS they can focus all their attention on Switch. We then shouldn't have such long waits between each iteration of Mario, Zelda, Smash, Mario Kart, Pokemon, Metroid, etc. as there will be twice as many developers working on the one console.
So glad to see XenoBlade2 made it to 1 million!
is that over a billion dollars in profit?
I'm still puzzled by people who don't think the Switch release schedule will keep momentum up. In the first 4-and-a-bit months it's got a new Kirby, a Zelda spin-off that's new to most people, Bayo 2 which is new to most people and a fully fledged Donkey Kong Country sequel that's new to most people, plus a couple of decent looking third-party games like Dark Souls and possibly Mario Tennis. Plenty. The key is remembering Wii U ports are new games to the vast majority of people.
Just realised. This means there are more than 30 million Joy-Cons sold as well
It's obviously more since more people bought extra Joy-Cons (like me) so add 2-3mil so you get a range of 32-33 million Joy-Cons sold. That's a crazy number for a controller/peripheral
@Hikingguy Now I know what my Splatoon 2 problem is. I don't have any friends!
NOA seemed somewhat clueless about JRPGs with Wii.
Those Super Mario Odyssey sales are straight up insane.
3D Super Mario first quarter sales comparison:
Super Mario Galaxy (Nov - Dec 2007): 5.19 million
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (May - Jun 2010): 4.09 million
Super Mario 3D Land (Nov - Dec 2011): 5.03 million
Super Mario 3D World (Nov - Dec 2013): 1.94 million
Super Mario Odyssey (Oct - Dec 2017): 9.07 million
Mario Odyssey has blasted passed the LTD sales of Mario 3D World, Mario Sunshine, and Mario Galaxy 2.
It took Mario Galaxy and Mario 3D Land around 2 years to reach 9 million copies sold; Mario Odyssey did it in just over 2 months.
Mario Galaxy is currently the top selling 3D Mario game with 12.75 million copies sold LTD. Mario Odyssey will blast past that figure quite easily.
The real question nobody is talking about: Who the heck is buying those 5 million amiibo cards!?
Nintendo have done well with the Switch, I'd love to know how other games are selling like Super Bomberman switch and the Street fighter game. Also Megaman 11 is coming out at some point.
E3 this year will be exciting..... as ever if you're a Nintendo fan.
@RusevDay Ruuuuuuuuuusev daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Zelda Breath of the Wild is now the 2nd best selling Zelda game of all time. It has sold ~8.4 million copies across the Switch and Wii U, which is <400,000 copies away from outselling Twilight Princess on Wii and Gamecube. It will become the best-selling Zelda game ever by the end of the fiscal year.
Mario Kart 7 has legged its way passed the Pokemon games to become the top selling 3DS game. It will probably sell around 18 million copies LTD, which is insane. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is around 1 million copies away from outselling the original Mario Kart 8. More impressively, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is outpacing the sales pace of the 3DS's Mario Kart 7, despite being an enhanced port.
@westman98 Indeed. Subtract the 5.03 million sales of Super Mario Land on Wi U to (more than) compensate for Nintendo hardcore fans and you're still left with sales of 4.03 million which is only 60,000 less than Super Mario Galaxy 2 sales.
This suggests that the Switch is attracting back both the Wii home console and DS handheld consumers that Nintendo lost in the dark nights of Wii U (and not so dark days of 3DS).
There seems to be a sentiment that Nintendo will begin to see a drop if they do not announce a new AAA first party title in the next few weeks. While this would be great, I don't think that it is the end of the world if they don't.
Labo should give them a boost in the Spring. Bayonetta is February. I think Kirby will do okay. Remember, in the past, full Kirby games have been released at the end of the life cycle of a console or handheld. It has a little better positioning this time.
The above mentioned coupled with the fact that developers are seeing better results on Switch than Microsoft and Sony should kep Nintendo in a pretty nice spot until at least E3. Now, they need to have a plan in place for E3, and I imagine they know that at this point.
Of course if they announce a full on this generation Pokemon game, they are good for this year and mos likely next, but I just don't think that will happen.
I checked some more numbers, and as it turns out, and Mario Odyssey is actually the 2nd fastest selling Mario game ever.
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2nd fastest selling Mario game ever
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Only NSMB Wii sold faster (it sold 10+ million copies during its first quarter i.e. Nov - Dec 2009). Do remember that the Wii's install base by that time was 65+ million vs the Switch's current 15 million.
@NewAdvent By "kill off the 3DS" I mean Nintendo should stop developing new games for it rather than cease manufacturing the system.
Parents will still buy the 3DS for their children. I've friends who've bought a PS3 for their pre-teen boys rather than as the console and games are much cheaper than a PS4. I can see the 3DS fulfilling the same role in the handheld market. Huge back library of games available, what with DS backwards compatibility.
I still regularly play my 3DS as plenty of games yet to experience. (Just finished Hey! Pikmin. Much better than expected after reading the reviews, but then I'm a big fan of 2D platformers.)
@Dev Or Kirby and Bayonetta for that matter.
@Yasaal The Switch has already outsold the PS4 during the same time period (first 10 months).
I remember when people said XC2 flopped
Stunning numbers guessed Fire Emblem Warriors flopped on Switch as it didn't sell over 1 Million units?
@Bread-Not-Toast That wasn't a Nintendo game, it's Koei-Tecmo. Same reasons Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle isn't shown.
Love seeing numbers like this. Just hope Nintendo continues the success in to 2018 and many many years after that too!!!
It's just a short term spike, it's just early adopters, it can't last, it's just another WiiU all over again, it'll be like Wii and the fad will end, the casuals won't stay, the dock scrAtchEs the ScreeN. LEFT JoYcON!!!!1!!!!111
@Rika_Yoshitake To be fair to PS4, PS4 had a delayed launch in Japan which hurt both it's first year numbers and its longer term success in Japan, so it's not quite a 1:1 comparison.
@feelinsupersonic Looks like it. Based on their 2017 financial reports, they made a little over $2 billion USD (221 billion Yen) in Gross profits. On their financial reports, page 27 is where the consolidated financial statements begin: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/annual1703e.pdf
This is their Gross profits - so it would include all of their licensing deals, 3DS, mobile, etc..., not just Switch sales. But it's still an extremely healthy number.
@NEStalgia Don't forget that the Switch had serious stock shortage issues.
@NinNin To be fair, I don't think the stock shortages were really that bad. It was hard to get one the first couple months, but that happens with all new systems. I think Nintendo (Finally, for a change) handled their supply chain issues pretty well this time. They increased supply and delivered far more Switches than expected, and it wasn't horribly difficult to find a Switch just a few months later. Compared to the Wii, Amiibo, NES/SNES Classic, etc... I was very happy with how they handled the Switch launch.
Very impressive.
It'll be interesting to see how it'll perform this year and if they can keep the momentum going. I think LABO could be a real hit or miss investment (hopefully a hit though).
@roadrunner343 They were really bad. You can look up the news.
Love this news lol
I hope it’s butt hurt the troll and the switch haters who prophesied the demise of it, all those comments and articles used to really irritate me, nothing worse then seeing opinions blanketed in ignorance and their self serving comments.
Also on the topic of these numbers people doubt that the same numbers or more cannot be achieved because of no Zelda or Mario?
Just these sales stats alone willl make people purchase, devs take notice and Nintendo raise the bar as these numbers show a successful product which has not yet even completed a year of its life.
Nintendo know now how the cookie crumbles and they will continue the evolution of the switch, which is probably not even at half of what it’s meant to do, i.e apps, virtual console, internet.
Can’t wait to see what we will get this year, exciting times!
On a side note, the impatient part of me really wants a more powerful switch 2 to come out...I know I know, that’s probably a couple of years away?
@Julien there's only two first party games in development for the 3DS and that's it, so I think except for the teams that make these everybody else is developing for the Switch
@Nomad That's pretty much what everyone said last January.
@NinNin That's not really a counter argument at all. Of course you can find an article about shortages - there was overwhelming demand for the product. My point was, unlike the past where those shortages lasted for well over a year (in the case of the Wii) or they simply just stopped making the products in demand (Amiibo, NES/SNES classic), they handled this situation extremely well. With every new launch, there are some shortages. With the Switch, Nintendo not only delivered their promised number of units at launch, which was above analysts estimates for demand at the time, they delivered far more than promised. They also substantially increased demand, delivering far more units in the first 12 months than originally planned. It wasn't overly difficult to get a Switch just a few months after launch, which is outstanding given the ridiculous demand for the Switch. All things considered, this was handled far better than previous product launches, even if it was still frustrating to find a Switch for the first couple months.
@roadrunner343 Well said! Switch shortages have been less severe than they were for the Wii.
Plus, when Wii was around we didn’t have fake news!
Can't wait for the rest 2018 with these games either coming to release, tease, or reveal: Octopath Traveler, Dragon Quest XI, Metroid Prime 4, No More Heroes 3, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Mega Man 11, Mega Man: Legacy Collection 1+2, Kirby: Star Allies, Yoshi, Valkyria Chronicles 4, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Mercenaries Saga Trilogy, Hyrule Warriors, Labo Variety Edition, Labo Robot Edition, Super Smash Bros. 5, Fire Emblem Switch, Wolfenstein II: New Colossus, Payday 2, Dark Souls Remastered, Bayonetta Trilogy, Pokemon Switch, Dragon Quest Builder 1 & 2, Dragon Quest Heroes I + II, Lost Sphear, Shin Megami Tensei V and maybe potential port of Tekken 7 (I need this for Geese Howard, Noctis, and Akuma), Final Fantasy XV, Grand Theft Auto V, Injustice 2 (I hope it's coming cause I want to play the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the go), Soul Calibur 6, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Monster Hunter World, etc.
Nintendo has finally achieved Nintendo-like profits ($1 billion), without going 3rd party or going knee-deep in mobile gaming.
I expected Switch to surpass Wii U lifetime at some point in 2018 but I didn't expect it would be this soon. Congrats to Nintendo though, staggering numbers. Super Mario Odyssey at over 9 mil in just a few months is insane.
Wonderful, amazing, awesome numbers. Methinks the Switch will positively go down in gaming history at this rate! Hopefully that will be for the long-term.
It's just surreal. Switch surpassed WiiU in LESS THAN 1 year.
@retro_player_22 SWITCH HAS NO GAMES!! Clearly it's an indie machine! Like Vita!
(OT, I thought you were making up DQ Builders 2.....I checked...it's real for PS4 and Switch! ....made my week!)
@roadrunner343 Supplies were still scarce well into July at least (I stopped tracking it after that.) So 5-6 months of severe shortages were nothing to sneeze at. And even in September at least Japan had people lining up around city blocks just to win a CHANCE to buy one.
@NinNin PS4 did have stock shortages as well, so it wasn't too different, though Switch was a REALLY tight shortage.
@retro_player_22 What the hell man, no love for the Mega Man X collection! Or did you just forget to list it because of alllllll the quality games already coming this year?
@NEStalgia I don't disagree - again, I'm not denying that there were shortages. That much is obvious. Japan is also a bit of a special case, at least from my understanding, as it was much harder to get a Switch there than anywhere else. Again, my main point was simply that for a change, I am happy with how Nintendo handled the situation. For a company plagued with supply chain issues, it was refreshing to see them not only over deliver, but over deliver on a product while also fighting other major manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung over component shortages. I really don't know if Nintendo could have handled the situation any better.
While there were still shortages a few months in as you mentioned, if you kept up on restocks, and it didn't seem all that difficult to find one if you really wanted. About 6 months in is when I started to start seeing them on shelves, without actively looking for them. Now, of course, that is just one location, but the general feeling I got from other was that they were seeing more and more on shelves around that time too.
@Janus1986 I don't even understand why so many people up voted your comment... Nintendo has ALWAYS supported their system the right way, the fact of the matter is the industry tried to blackball Nintendo. The industry wanted Nintendo's games multi-platform that was the only reason why Nintendo failed for one generation. The reason that we wasn't supported by Third parties is because it was significantly weaker than its counterparts, even then the Wii is one of the best selling consoles ever. Now I would say with that I didn't even buy a Wii and it was the same reason a lot of older Gamers didnt. Stop spreading these conspiracy theory that Nintendo doesn't support it systems because it's always supported it systems the Wii is what shows it.
Happy that Xenoblade 2 sold a million. Game deserves it.
@roadrunner343 If there had been no stock shortages, the Switch would have sold more. It seems that you and I were talking about different things. Your point is about how well Nintendo handled the shock shortage issues. My point is that stock shortages issues affected the sales.
@roadrunner343 I suppose it depends on geography. I'm in a more metro area, and if you didn't show up promptly at a Gamestop at opening with a tip as to when they were getting shipments, you had no chance. Best Buy, forget it. Wasn't until Nov they started turning up in physical stores. Online was still hit or miss but becoming more hit for once.
@gortsi this is obviously a fluke. Remember, this spring is when sales plummet off a cliff. As was last May. The power deficit which riles the neckbeards will catch up with it soon enough.
@NinNin That's good to know. I want them to overtake the whole of the PS4 sales if Nintendo wants a good and challenging target..
@Mr_Pepperami it allways can "snowball" onwards.
Great news all around. XC2 coming on strong too. I need to pick that up one of these days.
@fortius54,
Correct,the switch has momentum and the fact it's a pretty cool piece of tech,word of mouth will only grow and push more sales.
People are always comparing it with other consoles and their reliance on AAA games,the Nintendo switch is appealing to the masses and they are more than catered for with the current and soon to be released indie titles.
Next up: GameCube!
(Right? That's next in sales?)
A new 2D Mario bros. is needed. And by new I'm not meaning a New SMB but a whole new game, not a bland game with reused assets, a truly follow-up of SMW (no, Yoshi's Land doesn't count).
Bringing back some underdogs like Sin and Punishment or a Lost Story sequel would be neat. And bringing other platforms exclusives like Nier Automata or Ni no kuni (PS). With those numbers they can/ need to be bold with software!
@WiltonRoots hahaha oh man you're tempting me to post that wall of shame again
@gortsi I’m just upping the doom quota, one post at a time....there’s a labo discussion which looks riveting as well...
Under a year of availability and the thing already sold 14m+ units...
Bravo.
Truly. Bravo.
So pleased to see Xenoblade Chronicles 2 passing the 1 million mark.
I guess this means it might show up in the Nintendo Selects range at some point? (I heard Nintendo games that pass 1 million sales become part of that)
@WiltonRoots yeah that "gimmick" seems to be the new frustration lately, I'm sure Nintendo watches these comment sections carefully and might reconsider Labo since the sliggies and the gators said they ain't buying, we all know by now their predictions hit the spot
Very impressive all round but for me XC2 is the star.
1m in a month is very, very impressive.
Stock jumped 7%. Hard to believe the ADR was around $10.00 a few years ago and now it's almost $60.00 . You put in $500,000 at the right time you'd have $3M today.
@Dang69 I was so caught up with all the games I forgot about that one but yes I'm looking forward to that too especially Mega Man X8, a game I would gladly play again.
The fact that the egregious 1-2-Switch outsold ARMS is an atrocity .
@gortsi Labo also rattles the Very Serious Gamers™️.
@Cronopi I hope they announce one soon. I think it may be this year, seeing how they want to get new users and older ones (Odyssey was more for the fans. 2D Mario is more broad).
Would love to see a new sin and punishment. The wii version was awesome with its pointer-controls.
I'm VERY happy that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 passed the million mark in just a matter of weeks. The game didn't get 9s across the board, but I'm loving this game. Long live the Xenoblade franchise.
@DK-Fan A dual control system for a new Sin & Punishment (Wii pointer when docked and N64 on handheld) would be great. The Wii title is one of the greatest experiences I had in videogames in years!
And I slightly disagree. A new truly 2D Mario would get the old fans on board again. Like me, many people never get into 3D Mario. Such a different gamestyle. I was very disappointed with the direction that the series took on the NSMB Wii title. Game mechanics were just fine but the art style was so lazy! It was ok for the DS but I was expecting more on the home console. It's the flagship series, c'mon Nintendo! Well let's see what they would bring in the near future.
Nintendo needs to keep the quality games flowing to keep the successes happening. Animal Crossing, Metriod, Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Kirby, and other big names need to come to the system. We need improved online functions, video apps and Virtual Console. We get all that, and the Switch will keep on roaring!
I'm happy that the switch is selling so well. I'm also glad that we can finally stop talking about the Wii U.
@Oat Yeah, now we can start talking about the GameCube.
I'm really happy about Xenoblade being a million seller in a month! Finally, Monolith Soft is out of niche status.
The Switch completely lacks what we loved about the Wii U that changed our lives: An easy way of finding people, a place to share our gaming experiences, a Place to ask for help, a place for Game Developers to know us better, a place to talk directly to our friends, the Wii U had itself great achievements that’ve been taken away from us that have to come back to the Switch someday.
And as stated before, I will not be getting hold of a Switch myself until the Next Official Mario Kart game for it with 16 NEW Nitro and Retro Tracks is announced to be coming it’s way. Something we’ve been lucky to see on each and every Nintendo System that continues to amaze us.
@CuriousUserX90 Are any Game Critics like IGN, Nintendo Life, Gameinforner and Polygon seeing my emails for them to ask the Developers these things about the Switch: Ditching Miiverse, Not releasing at the end of the Year like Every Other Gaming System, Porting Wii U Games, Using Cartridges. Finding out information about stuff we’re keen to know about from the Developers themselves is their job I’m pretty sure.
@CuriousUserX90 Sorry to have to say this, but the more I’ve seen of/hear of the Mario Kart 8 Port that looks more like a Nintendo All Stars Racing Game, has Nothing to Unlock, has No New Tracks, and takes away the Great Mario Kart TV aspect, the more moody I get. Sooner it’s assured that it won’t be stopping the Switch from having a NEW Mario Kart game with 16 NEW Nitro and Retro Tracks, it’ll really make my day, and I’d be less moody. Plus it would be a Mario Kart game with Super Mario Odyssey aspects included, and hopefully it’ll have a satisfying roster with a Good Amount of Familiar Mario Characters like Diddy Kong and Nabbit.
Add in the digital crack that is Pokemon when that arrives, Metroid Prime 4 and Labo for the kids and the big kids and they will easily triple this figure.
@CuriousUserX90 Pretty sure nobody cares. The game is great as is and the sales figures back that up.
Nice and all but I'm done with Odyssey and XC2, already played BotW to death on my Wii U and finished Skyrim, Doom and L.A. Noire years ago on PC, where I'm still playing Rocket League.
So I'm pretty much wondering what I'm supposed to do with it. I'm not that interested in all those freaking indies and average games like Lost Sphear so I need new titles man, and I don't mean all those Wii U ports I've already played thoroughly... There's like two games to look forward to at this moment and they're both far from releasing. FFS. Why does this thing sell so fast again?
My Switch is collecting dust at the moment.
Should've waited for the newer and improved switch that will come out in 1 or 2 years when there are more games.
Let's just pray for more homebrew and custom firmware.
@YANDMAN What you just said is making me more Moodier. To further prove that I won't be getting my hands on a Switch myself until the Next Official Mario Kart game with 16 NEW Nitro and Retro Tracks is announced to be coming, I will not be setting foot into any Gaming Stores (where you purchase these games from) till then either, it'll make me even more moodier. I'd rather be popping in to see what Every Nintendo System has/is expected to have then to race on the Same 32 Tracks that I raced on the Wii U.
@DEZn00ts So you think the whole gaming industry tried to get Nintendo go third party so they all met and decided they would not support Wii U and THAT is why this console had mediocre sales? And you accuse me of spreading conspiracy theories?
On topic: I think Nintendo will definitely support the Switch with a continued stream of quality titles. It's just a fact that they don't have another mainstram Mario and Zelda title in reserve. On the other hand, any new Switch owner will want to play those anyway, so they'll probably be evergreens like GTA or Rocket League. For us existing users, I hope we see at least some additional big first party hitters also in 2018 and beyond.
@BigKing,
Not sure why we needed to know this.......but thanks for the information.
@DEZn00ts
"the fact of the matter is the industry tried to blackball Nintendo. The industry wanted Nintendo's games multi-platform....Stop spreading these conspiracy theory"
Oh the irony. Try and take your own advice in the future eh? 😉
@Sculptor 7
Because not everyone has played all those games, or the other exclusives you don't mention, not do they dismiss 'indies' (thousands of games access all sorts of genres including some all time classics like Rocket League) out of hand. No great mystery.
@TheLobster Haha you made my day with that comment lol
@Janus1986 we don't even have pokemon2 or smash...just wait
@CuriousUserX90 Yep thats entirely your choice. Everyone else will just be having fun playing the game.
@Savlep99 PS4 wasn't even out in Japan for first 3 months so i'll wait for next year.
@Lord
Kirby, Donkey Kong, and Hyrule Warriors are not "half million sellers." Not even close.
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