Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update: Switch at 150.86m shipped, Mario Party Jamboree at 6.17m

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Norion said:

After a strong last quarter this one brings things back down to earth with another adjustment down for hardware to 11m which is expected since 13.5m was always very ambitious. It's still for sure good for its age but its age is starting to really show now so it's unfortunate they didn't have the Switch 2 ready by November since people are hungry for it so it better launch by May-June. Things really are gonna come down to the wire when it comes to beating the PS2 it seems which is exciting in its own way. For software Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is insane as usual though Mario Wonder really has kinda underperformed compared to expectations. I guess 2D Mario just isn't as popular as it used to be.

Also growth in the annual playing users seems to be nearly stopping so a big task for the Switch 2 will be to prevent that from declining and ideally grow it further in the coming years.

What were your expectations for Super Mario Wonder? The Switch has 2 other 2D Mario games, with New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe selling over 18 million. I'm not sure this is a case of 2D Mario not being as popular. Wonder still has a chance to pass NSMBUD, but the seeming decline could merely be driven by fatigue of 2D Mario on Switch, as well as Wonder releasing towards the end of the Switch life. And let's face it - many casuals may not realize the game is very different from the NSMB games and may not think they need another "similar" game on Switch. NSMBUD has had many years to increase sales slowly over time. Wonder is still selling well with +2.07 million so far this fiscal year. I'm not convinced that 2D Mario popularity has declined, but we shall see as Wonder continues to sell and what happens with the next game on Switch 2.