Nintendo FY2018 results, Switch 34.74M, Software 187.52M

[Asriel]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Asriel said:
So despite sales to consumers being up year over year in both Japan and the US across January to March, Nintendo shipped fewer Switch units than the same quarter last year, when shipments were ~2.9 million - versus 2.47 million this year. Suggests retailers had some stock left from the huge Christmas shipments. You'd hope Nintendo learn their lesson and go for a more balanced sales curve this financial year.

It's not necessarily Nintendo's fault, though. It could just be that retailers ordered too many during the holiday season, expecting even more hype from PLG and Smash.

It was more of a reference back to the very soft first quarter of the financial year, when they shipped less than 2 million units - and the fact Nintendo didn't release any significant system sellers between Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario Party. With New Super Mario Bros U DX in January and Mario Maker 2 in June following on from the Oct/Nov/Dec releases of Mario Party, Pokemon and Smash, I'd say this financial year certainly looks more balanced than last.