Nintendo’s profits fell because the sales of their Switch console lost impulse, which led to the Japanese video game manufacturer to reduce their forecasts for the whole year.
The Nintendo company, based in Kyoto And creator of the Super Mario franchise (among other titles), he informed Tuesday that he obtained a benefit of 1.5 billion dollars (about 1.4 billion euros) in the April-December period, 42% less than in the same period of the year of the year former. Sales in the nine months fell 31% up to 6,000 million dollars (about 5.6 billion euros), according to Nintendo, which did not break down the quarterly results.
The company now expects to obtain a benefit of 1.7 billion dollars (about 1.5 billion euros) in the fiscal year ending in March. Nintendo machines sales in the nine -month period fell to 9.54 million units from 13.7 million last year. Nintendo now expects to sell 11 million Switch consoles throughout the fiscal year, less than its initial projection of 12.5 million.
Game software sales In April-December they decreased to almost 124 million from 164 million, although ‘Super Mario Party Jamboree’ remained popular, with 6.17 million units sold. ‘The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’ also had demand, selling 3.4 million units worldwide after going on sale in September.
Nintendo said that, although demand has decreased for switchnow in its eighth year after its debut, it is still being bought by a significant number of people. The number of switch players is still over 100 million, he said. Nintendo has its successor, Switch 2, which will go on sale at the end of this year. The events where people can try it are being carried out from April worldwide. Nintendo also pointed out that the opening of Super Nintendo World, an entertainment center, in May in Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, will help attract people to their content.
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