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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Nintendo quarterly results (Switch 4.8M for the quarter, 41.67 M total)

OTBWY on 31 October 2019

Incredible numbers. We can safely assume it will pass the Xbox One soon. Either way, it will enter 2020 with close to or over 50 million units shipped/sold. Amazing to think of it. It will pass the SNES too in one fell swoop. After that, it will have to get through the NES.



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Leynos on 31 October 2019

Nearly 42 million sold in just over 2 years is insane



Bite my shiny metal cockpit!

zorg1000 on 31 October 2019
Leynos said:
Nearly 42 million sold in just over 2 years is insane

Well slightly over 2.5 years now but regardless very good results.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

DonFerrari on 31 October 2019

Congratulations Switch.

OP could put how it compares to VGC tracking and if there were any revisions on the shipment forecast.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Wyrdness on 31 October 2019

Switch essentially needs 7.5m more sales to pass the SNES at which point only the NES and Wii remain on the home platform side of things while the portable side of things will only enter its sights once the NES is passed in the next FY, 7.5m means it doesn't even need to have as good a holiday season as it did last year but with Pokemon out in a month it could very well replicate that feat.



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curl-6 on 31 October 2019
RolStoppable said:
Region Hardware Software Tie Ratio
Japan 10.00m (24.0%) 44.93m (18.3%) 4.49
Americas 16.64m (39.9%) 110.22m (44.8%) 6.62
Europe 10.86m (26.1%) 74.43m (30.3%) 6.85
Other 4.17m (10.0%) 16.43m (6.7%) 3.94
Total 41.67m (100%) 246.01m (100%) 5.90

Switch above, 3DS below. Percentages are rounded, so do not necessarily add up to 100.0%. "Europe" was not its own category during the 3DS era, so it's part of "Other".

Region Hardware Software Tie Ratio
Japan 13.33m (38.1%) 44.84m (36.6%) 3.36
Americas 11.43m (32.7%) 42.81m (35.0%) 3.75
Other 10.22m (29.2%) 34.76m (28.4%) 3.40
Total 34.98m (100%) 122.42m (100%) 3.50

A breakdown to show how different the two systems performed. Switch's global breakdown is a lot more balanced because it's closer to a 20/40/40 split between Japan/Americas/Europe+Other which roughly represents the sizes of those regions. Switch sells a lot more software than the 3DS, not just because of higher hardware sales, hence why tie ratio is an important figure.

Obviously, such comparisons will become increasingly more lopsided in Switch's favor with each passing quarter. The third full fiscal year was the last good one for the 3DS, afterwards it will be a slaughter.

Hopefully this is the end of all those "Switch will sell on par with 3DS" proclamations we got from late 2017 through last year, and even into this year.



tak13 on 31 October 2019
RolStoppable said:
Region Hardware Software Tie Ratio
Japan 10.00m (24.0%) 44.93m (18.3%) 4.49
Americas 16.64m (39.9%) 110.22m (44.8%) 6.62
Europe 10.86m (26.1%) 74.43m (30.3%) 6.85
Other 4.17m (10.0%) 16.43m (6.7%) 3.94
Total 41.67m (100%) 246.01m (100%) 5.90

Switch above, 3DS below. Percentages are rounded, so do not necessarily add up to 100.0%. "Europe" was not its own category during the 3DS era, so it's part of "Other".

Region Hardware Software Tie Ratio
Japan 13.33m (38.1%) 44.84m (36.6%) 3.36
Americas 11.43m (32.7%) 42.81m (35.0%) 3.75
Other 10.22m (29.2%) 34.76m (28.4%) 3.40
Total 34.98m (100%) 122.42m (100%) 3.50

A breakdown to show how different the two systems performed. Switch's global breakdown is a lot more balanced because it's closer to a 20/40/40 split between Japan/Americas/Europe+Other which roughly represents the sizes of those regions. Switch sells a lot more software than the 3DS, not just because of higher hardware sales, hence why tie ratio is an important figure.

Obviously, such comparisons will become increasingly more lopsided in Switch's favor with each passing quarter. The third full fiscal year was the last good one for the 3DS, afterwards it will be a slaughter.

Could you do the same, combining 3ds and wii u sales, please? 



curl-6 on 31 October 2019

Bunch of graphs from Nintendo's investor briefing:



Dulfite on 01 November 2019
tak13 said:
RolStoppable said:
Region Hardware Software Tie Ratio
Japan 10.00m (24.0%) 44.93m (18.3%) 4.49
Americas 16.64m (39.9%) 110.22m (44.8%) 6.62
Europe 10.86m (26.1%) 74.43m (30.3%) 6.85
Other 4.17m (10.0%) 16.43m (6.7%) 3.94
Total 41.67m (100%) 246.01m (100%) 5.90

Switch above, 3DS below. Percentages are rounded, so do not necessarily add up to 100.0%. "Europe" was not its own category during the 3DS era, so it's part of "Other".

Region Hardware Software Tie Ratio
Japan 13.33m (38.1%) 44.84m (36.6%) 3.36
Americas 11.43m (32.7%) 42.81m (35.0%) 3.75
Other 10.22m (29.2%) 34.76m (28.4%) 3.40
Total 34.98m (100%) 122.42m (100%) 3.50

A breakdown to show how different the two systems performed. Switch's global breakdown is a lot more balanced because it's closer to a 20/40/40 split between Japan/Americas/Europe+Other which roughly represents the sizes of those regions. Switch sells a lot more software than the 3DS, not just because of higher hardware sales, hence why tie ratio is an important figure.

Obviously, such comparisons will become increasingly more lopsided in Switch's favor with each passing quarter. The third full fiscal year was the last good one for the 3DS, afterwards it will be a slaughter.

Could you do the same, combining 3ds and wii u sales, please? 

I kind of thought the same, but that wouldn't reflect all the money they saved by not having two research and development teams, two sets of software teams, two sets of marketing teams, etc. They've saved a lot of money by consolidating down to one device, possibly offsetting the fact that they aren't selling as many Switch's as they would combined sales of home console and portable in most generations.



GoOnKid on 01 November 2019

Awesome numbers. I am very happy for the strong success of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Talk about strong wheels legs. The game deserves every sale, it's so good.

Curios to see the performance of Pokemon Sword/Shield. I'm going to skip it but I think it will stll be a big success. And I wonder how big of an impact Mario & Sonic Tokio 2020 will be because I am actually thinking that this might be a really good game.