Nintendo quarterly sales report to 31st March 2025; Switch at 152.12m shipped

[Sephiran]

Kyuu said:

Sephiran said:

The low profit forecast suggests that Switch 2 is probably sold at a loss or with minimal profit margins in the US (Due to tariffs) and Japan (Lower price due to weak yen). Meaning its mostly the European market where the Switch 2 is sold at a good profit margin for Nintendo. Which shows that the whole ''Drop the price'' of the Switch 2 is impossible, given that Nintendo evidently don't get much profit from the current price of the Switch 2.

And Nvidia is possibly overpricing their GPU, knowing Nintendo can't switch to AMD because in doing so they'd lose backwards compatibility.

It is really strange how low Nintendo decided to price the Switch 2 in Japan. Year 1 sales would be production/shipments capped in Japan even at a much higher pricetag.

My guess would be that Nintendo wanted to avoid the shitstorm of announcing a 75K Yen price for Japan, in the fears that it would lead to a big backlash against the Nintendo brand in Japan, that could have long term consequences for them in Japan.