Now that Nintendo's latest annual report has been released, I figured I'd post some info on the Switch's overall performance. Let me know if there is any other kind of data that you'd like to see from Nintendo's financial reports on Switch or from the past 6 years in general.
Switch annual sales performance (yen amounts in millions)
FY | Operating Profit (yen) | Net Sales (yen) | R&D expenses (yen) | Digital sales (yen) | 1M+ sellers (1st) | 1M+ sellers (3rd) |
2017 | 29,362 | 489,095 | 59,197 | ? | 1 | ? |
2018 | 177,577 | 1,055,682 | 64,032 | ? | 9 | ? |
2019 | 249,701 | 1,200,560 | 69,628 | 118,800 | 15 | ? |
2020 | 352,370 | 1,308,519 | 84,100 | 204,100 | 18 | 9 |
2021 | 640,634 | 1,758,910 | 93,200 | 344,100 | 22 | 14 |
2022 | 592,760 | 1,695,344 | 102,100 | 359,600 | 26 | 13 |
Switch Regional Statistics (hardware and software in millions)
Japan | hardware | software | New titles |
2017 | 0.6 | 0.89 | 9 |
2018 | 3.78 | 12.26 | 74 |
2019 | 3.85 | 21.48 | 215 |
2020 | 5.21 | 32.56 | 260 |
2021 | 6.6 | 45.02 | 291 |
2022 | 5.19 | 42.14 | 327 |
total | 25.23 | 154.35 | 1176 |
Americas | hardware | software | New titles |
2017 | 1.2 | 2.86 | 10 |
2018 | 5.94 | 27.52 | 95 |
2019 | 6.88 | 53.94 | 280 |
2020 | 8.11 | 74.28 | 313 |
2021 | 11.15 | 102.42 | 348 |
2022 | 8.76 | 108.27 | 361 |
total | 42.04 | 369.29 | 1407 |
EU+ROW | hardware | software | New titles |
2017 | 0.94 | 1.71 | 9 |
2018 | 5.33 | 23.73 | 101 |
2019 | 6.23 | 43.13 | 269 |
2020 | 7.71 | 61.88 | 331 |
2021 | 11.08 | 83.44 | 325 |
2022 | 9.11 | 84.66 | 382 |
total | 40.4 | 298.55 | 1417 |
EU & ROW Split by Region (last 3 FY only)
Europe | hardware | software | New titles |
2020 | 5.34 | 50.17 | 331 |
2021 | 7.15 | 66.24 | 325 |
2022 | 6.02 | 65.78 | 382 |
total | 18.51 | 182.19 | 1038 |
ROW | hardware | software |
2020 | 2.37 | 11.71 |
2021 | 3.93 | 17.2 |
2022 | 3.09 | 18.88 |
total | 9.39 | 47.79 |
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
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