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

That's 1.26m for the quarter.

Software:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 68.2m

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 47.82m

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 36.24m

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 32.81m

Super Mario Odyssey - 29.28m

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - 26.79m

Pokémon Sword and Shield - 26.72m

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 21.73m

Super Mario Party - 21.16m

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 18.25m

Nintendo Switch Sports – 16.27m

Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 16.03m

Mario Party Superstars – 14m

Super Mario Party Jamboree – 7.48m

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 4.09m

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 2.1m

Mario & Luigi: Brothership  – 1.97m

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – 1.88m

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD – 1.27m

Nintendo is forecasting shipments of 15 million Switch 2 consoles and 4.5 million Switch 1 consoles for FY2026:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html

https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/48212-nintendo-results-for-q4-fiscal-year-ended-march-2025-switch-hits-152-12-million-sold 

Last edited by curl-6 - on 08 May 2025

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FY26 Hardware Forecast:
Switch 2 - 15 million
Switch 1 - 4.5 million (156.62 million LTD by 03/26)



That 160mill is going to be verryyyyyyy close



 

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xl-klaudkil said:

That 160mill is going to be verryyyyyyy close

With that forecast, certainly.

If it sells better than that, then the 160M should be easily achievable.

Either way, the DS has to make room for the Switch on it's spot. The question is just if the PS2 has to leave it's throne or not.



The Switch 2 forecast seems a bit conservative. I thought they'd have much more stock prepared so would be able to ship faster. Switch 1 did 14.86m in 2017 (10 months) so 15m by March 31st 2026 is basically the same speed of shipments as Switch 1 (10 months). It's a fine start it just seemed like they were stockpiling stock with Switch 2.

So Switch 1 shipments forecast to drop by almost 60% YoY. 156.62m by March 31st 2026. 160m is going to be very tough to get if they don't beat that forecast. They'd need the drop in the next fiscal year to be less than that and Switch 1 should basically be dead and buried by then.



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Time for the regional breakdowns for Q4 and the FY.

Q4 YoY change

Japan- .67m > .38m (-43%)
Americas- .67m > .49m (-27%)
Europe- .34m> .20m (-42%)
Others- .27m> .19m (-30%)
Total- 1.96m> 1.26m (-36%)

FY YoY change

Japan- 4.41m > 3.19m (-28%)
Americas- 5.52m> 3.79m (-31%)
Europe- 3.90m> 2.71m (-30%)
Others- 1.86m> 1.11m (-40%)
Total- 15.70m> 10.80m (-31%)

The Switch performed similarly in Q4 as Q3. The FY as expected ended up much less than the original forecast of 13.5m, and ended up at 10.8m. Now they expect the Switch to drop off and only ship 4.5m in the next FY. Switch 2 is looking pretty cheap so I don't think they will beat their forecast for the Switch. Many people will want to get one right away due to the looming threat of price increases instead of a price cut.



With this report, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet has surpassed the sales of Sword/Shield to become the second highest selling game in the franchise.



curl-6 said:

With this report, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet has surpassed the sales of Sword/Shield to become the second highest selling game in the franchise.

Undeserved to be honest



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SAguy said:
curl-6 said:

With this report, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet has surpassed the sales of Sword/Shield to become the second highest selling game in the franchise.

Undeserved to be honest

Goes to show how strong the brand is; people will buy it in droves even if it runs like a three legged tortoise.

Echoes of Wisdom is also closing in on Zelda II, Mario Odyssey is getting close to New Super Mario Bros Wii, and Mario Bros Wonder is less than a million away from outselling Mario Bros 3.



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.