ShadowLink93 on 05 November 2024
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was the best selling game of Q2
Nintendo's earnings release for the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31st 2025 has been published, this covers the three month period from July 1st to September 30th 2024. Nintendo shipped 2.62 million units of Switch hardware and 39.64 million units of Switch software bringing lifetime totals to 146.04 million for hardware and 1306.10 million for software.
Year over year quarter 2 hardware sales are 0.31 million down from 2.93 million and software sales are 5.24 million down from 44.88 million.
Two titles sold over one million units this quarter, these were new release Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2.58 million) and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (1.37 million).
For the current fiscal year Nintendo have modified their Switch forecast from 13.5 million down to 12.5 million for hardware and 165 million down to 160 million for software.
Hardware
Switch Hardware Q2: 2.62m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 830k, Americas 940k, Europe 620k, Other 240k
Model Variants Q2: Standard 730k, Lite 630k, Oled 1.26m
Switch Hardware Total: 146.04m
Regional Split Total: Japan 35.62m, Americas 56.11m, Europe 37.52m, Other 16.79m
Model Variants Total: Standard 94.70m, Lite 24.51m, Oled 26.83m
Global Shipment History (millions)
Software
Switch Software Q2: 39.64m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 8.68m, Americas 16.47m, Europe 11.84m, Other 2.65m
Tie Ratio Q2: 15.13
Switch Software Total: 1306.10m
Regional Split Total: Japan 255.45m, Americas 569.46m, Europe 378.76m, Other 102.44m
Tie Ratio Total: 8.94
Global Shipment History (millions)
Nintendo reports sales data for software charting in the top 10 or that has sold one million or more units within the current fiscal year (from 1 April 2024).
Software Top 10
Total sales followed by the previous total then sales added to the total in Q2
Nintendo's earnings release for the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31st 2025 has been published, this covers the three month period from July 1st to September 30th 2024. Nintendo shipped 2.62 million units of Switch hardware and 39.64 million units of Switch software bringing lifetime totals to 146.04 million for hardware and 1306.10 million for software.
Year over year quarter 2 hardware sales are 0.31 million down from 2.93 million and software sales are 5.24 million down from 44.88 million.
Two titles sold over one million units this quarter, these were new release Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2.58 million) and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (1.37 million).
For the current fiscal year Nintendo have modified their Switch forecast from 13.5 million down to 12.5 million for hardware and 165 million down to 160 million for software.
Hardware
Switch Hardware Q2: 2.62m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 830k, Americas 940k, Europe 620k, Other 240k
Model Variants Q2: Standard 730k, Lite 630k, Oled 1.26m
Switch Hardware Total: 146.04m
Regional Split Total: Japan 35.62m, Americas 56.11m, Europe 37.52m, Other 16.79m
Model Variants Total: Standard 94.70m, Lite 24.51m, Oled 26.83m
Global Shipment History (millions)
Software
Switch Software Q2: 39.64m
Regional Split Q2: Japan 8.68m, Americas 16.47m, Europe 11.84m, Other 2.65m
Tie Ratio Q2: 15.13
Switch Software Total: 1306.10m
Regional Split Total: Japan 255.45m, Americas 569.46m, Europe 378.76m, Other 102.44m
Tie Ratio Total: 8.94
Global Shipment History (millions)
Nintendo reports sales data for software charting in the top 10 or that has sold one million or more units within the current fiscal year (from 1 April 2024).
Software Top 10
Total sales followed by the previous total then sales added to the total in Q2
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 64.27m (62.90m) + 1.37m
- Animal Crossing New Horizons: 46.45m (45.85m) + 600k
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate: 35.14m (34.66m) + 480k
- Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: 32.29m (32.05m) + 240k
- Super Mario Odyssey: 28.50m (28.21m) + 290k
- Pokémon Sword/Shield: 26.44m (26.35m) + 90k
- Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: 25.69m (25.29) + 400k
- Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: 21.04m (20.80m) + 240k
- Super Mario Party: 20.98m (20.84m) + 140k
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: 17.77m (17.61m) + 160k
- Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom: 2.58m New!
- Nintendo Switch Sports: 14.37m (13.11m) + 1.26m for Q1+Q2
- Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door: 1.94m (1.76m) + 180k
- Luigi's Mansion 2 HD: 1.57m (1.19m) + 380k
- Ring Fit Adventure: 15.38m
- Pokémon Let's Go: 15.07m
- Pokémon BD/SP: 15.06m
- Pokemon Legends Arceus: 15.00m
- Luigi's Mansion 3: 14.25m
- Splatoon 2: 13.60m
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: 13.47m
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder: 13.44m
- Mario Party Superstars: 12.89m
- Splatoon 3: 11.96m
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars: 9.07m
- Super Mario Maker 2: 8.42m
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land: 7.52m
- Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening: 6.63m
- Clubhouse Games: 4.64m
- Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: 4.62m
- Mario Tennis Aces: 4.50m
- Kirby Star Allies: 4.38m
- Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD: 4.15m
- Fire Emblem Three Houses: 4.12m
- Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity: 4.00m
- 1-2 Switch: 3.74m
- Pikmin 4: 3.48m
- Paper Mario Origami King: 3.47m
- Yoshi's Crafted World: 3.35m
- Super Mario RPG: 3.31
- Metroid Dread: 3.07m
- New Pokémon Snap!: 2.74m
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2: 2.74m
- Arms: 2.72m
- Mario Strikers Battle League: 2.63m
- Mario Golf Super Rush: 2.48m
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe: 2.40m
- Captain Toad Treasure Tracker: 2.35m
- Octopath Traveller: 2.08m
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: 2.00m
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX: 1.99m
- Big Brain Academy Brain vs Brain: 1.94m
- Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition: 1.91m
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3: 1.91m
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe: 1.82m
- Miitopia: 1.79m
- Mario Kart Live Home Circuit: 1.73m
- Fire Emblem Engage: 1.68m
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: 1.60m
- Pokkén Tournament DX: 1.54m
- Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01 Variety Kit: 1.42m
- Metroid Prime Remastered: 1.36m
- Wario Ware Get it Together!: 1.34m
- Astral Chain: 1.33m
- Dr Kawashima's Brain training: 1.27m
- Bayonetta: 1.24m
- Bayonetta 2: 1.23m
- Princess Peach Showtime! 1.22m
- Game Builder Garage: 1.15m
- Mario Versus Donkey Kong: 1.12m
- Bayonetta 3: 1.09m
- Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes: 1.00m
Nintendo Switch hardware shipments compared to some other high selling platforms (millions of units)
