The Switch exceeded 150 million consoles distributed in 2024 – News
For the first nine months of the fiscal year (April-December 2024), turnover, operational profit and Nintendo net profit fell by 31%, 46% and 42% in annual sliding respectively. Nothing ashamed given the age of the Switch, whose endurance remains an exceptional case in history, especially since the machine has never needed the slightest price drop. That said, Nintendo recognizes that sales of consoles and games have been lower than expectations in recent months and has consequently revised its objectives for the entire fiscal year ranging from April 2024 to March 2025.
Nintendo now anticipates an annual turnover of 7.4 billion euros (instead of 8 billion euros for the previous objective), an operating profit of 1.7 billion euros (instead of 2.2 billions of euros) and a net profit of 1.6 billion euros (instead of 1.8 billion euros). Nintendo intends to sell 11 million switch over the entire annual financial year, while it was a volume of 12.5 million previously. The game sales forecasts are also down, to 150 million instead of 160 million. Apart from analyst firms and stressed investors, you will probably not see many people move from these figures.
Let’s take a look at the performance of the latest Nintendo games. Super Mario Party Jamboree was by far its largest outing of 2024 with 6.2 million copies distributed for 5.6 million sales to consumers. It is simply a new record for the franchise. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has 3.9 million copies distributed for 3.4 million sales to consumers. For his part, Mario & Luigi: the fraternal epic has 1.8 million copies distributed for 1.4 million sales to consumers.
Two months before the presentation of the Switch 2, the speech remains in any case the same at Nintendo: there is no question of leaving the current switch on the side of the road. The retrocmpatibility of games and the transfer of Nintendo accounts will ensure a flexible transition between the two generations for users, regardless of the moment when they decide to change their console.
« Although sales of Nintendo Switch’s hardware and software during the third quarter were lower than expectations, the Nintendo Switch continues to be appreciated by many people. In the future, we will continue to offer new offers so that more consumers continue to play the Nintendo Switch. Regarding software, we released Donkey Kong Country Returns HD in January and plan to follow with the release of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition in March. Other software publishers also plan to launch a wide variety of titles, and we will endeavor to energize the platform by continuously introducing new titles in addition to those already existing ».
