Nintendo Sales Report for the First Half of 2024
Overview
Nintendo reported that sales for the first half of 2024 fell 34.1% to 523.2 billion yen ($3.43 billion) as it saw a slowdown in sales for Nintendo Switch hardware and games.
Mobile and Movie-Related Business
In the mobile and movie-related intellectual property business, sales decreased by 43.3% year-on-year to 31.2 billion yen ($204.8 million), mainly due to the decrease in income from visual content related to The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
R&D Expenses and Profit
Meanwhile, R&D expenses went up 15% in the half year — perhaps a sign that the company’s next-generation game console is coming soon. Foreign currency expenses were also higher. Overall, net profit was 108.6 billion yen ($713 million, down 59.9%).
Forecast and Sales Expectations
As a result of the weaker quarterly results, Nintendo downgraded its forecast from 1,350 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, to 1,280 billion yen, down 5.2%. It also expects net profit to be flat.
Instead of selling 13.5 million Nintendo Switch units, Nintendo now expects to sell 12.5 million, down 7.4%, in the fiscal year. And it expects to sell 160 million units of software, down 3% from the earlier expected 165 million units.
Sales Performance
So far in the half year, Nintendo has sold 4.72 million Switch devices (down 31% from a year ago) and 70.28 million software copies (down 27.6% from a year ago).
Nine titles have sold more than a million units in the first half, including 2.58 million for The Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, 2.31 million for Mario Kart 8, and 1.94 million for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Digital Sales
Digital sales for the first half of the fiscal year decreased by 26.5% year-on-year to 159.9 billion yen, but as a proportion of total software sales for the dedicated video game platform, digital sales increased 6.1 percentage points to 56.3%.
Digital sales declined year-on-year mainly due to a decrease in sales of downloadable versions of package software and add-on content for Nintendo Switch.
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FAQs
Q: What caused the decrease in Nintendo’s sales for the first half of 2024?
A: The decrease in sales was mainly due to a slowdown in sales for Nintendo Switch hardware and games.
Q: How did digital sales perform in the first half of the fiscal year?
A: Digital sales decreased by 26.5% year-on-year, mainly due to a decrease in sales of downloadable versions of package software and add-on content for Nintendo Switch.
Q: What are Nintendo’s revised sales expectations for the fiscal year?
A: Nintendo now expects to sell 12.5 million Nintendo Switch units and 160 million units of software, down 7.4% and 3% respectively from the earlier expected figures.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Nintendo’s sales for the first half of 2024 saw a significant decline, attributed to various factors including a slowdown in hardware and software sales. The company’s forecast has been downgraded, and sales expectations have been revised for the fiscal year.
Credit: venturebeat.com
