Nintendo announced earlierFiscal Year 2025 First Quarter Financial Report, of which sales revenue reached 2466 billion yen, down 3800% from the same period last year, revenue reached 46.5 billion yen, down 545% from the same period last year, and net profit reached 1000 billion yen, down 70.6% from the same period last year.
The reason for the sharp decline is that Nintendo recently confirmed that it will sell off its stock before the end of fiscal year 2025.Launching the next game consoleAt the same time, the sales life cycle of the previously launched Nintendo Switch has almost reached the end. Therefore, only 210 million units were sold in the last quarter, a decrease of 391% compared with 46.3 million units in the same period last year. However, there are still 53 units of the early-released standard Nintendo Switch, and 124 million units of the version with an OLED display screen. The Nintedo Switch Lite with a fixed handle design still sold 33 units.
As for game software, the cumulative sales reached 3604 million copies, but there was also a decline of 41.3%. Among them, "Paper Mario" had a cumulative sales of 176 million copies, and "Luigi's Mansion 2 HD" sold 119 million copies. In addition, a game provided by a third-party game company also had a cumulative sales of more than 100 million copies, but Nintendo did not disclose the specific game name.
So far, "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" still maintains the best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch platform with 6290 million copies sold, and the top 10 best-selling games are still mostly Nintendo games, including "Animal Crossing: New Horizons", "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", "Pokémon: Vermillion", etc.
As for the Nintendo Switch, cumulative sales have exceeded 2017 million units since March 3, basically setting a significant sales record. Although it still attracts many people to play, Nintendo should indeed launch new consoles in response to market gaming trends to attract more gamers.
