Following Sony, Nintendo has reported its financial results. It shared the revenue details for the first half of fiscal 2027, which covers April to September of the calendar year 2026.
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Main Figures
- In six months, Nintendo earned 966 billion yen ($6.1 billion), which is 12.1% less than what it generated a year ago.
- Nintendo's net profit increased by 11% to 220.9 billion yen ($1.4 billion). Operating profit rose more significantly by 49.1% to 216.5 billion yen ($1.37 billion).
Console Business
- The primary reason for the revenue decline was identified as decreased console sales.
- Currently, the Switch 2 is not selling as well as it did initially. Its half-year sales amounted to 6.49 million units, which is 37.2% less compared to the same period last year. The total number of consoles sold by September 30 is 26.35 million units.
- Sales of the original Switch are also gradually declining. By the end of the half-year, they dropped by 32.7% to 1.27 million units. Since its release until September 30, the original Switch sold a total of 157.2 million units.
Games
- While console sales are decreasing, game sales are on the rise. In six months, gamers worldwide purchased 24.49 million copies of Switch 2 games (+18.8%) and 65.73 million copies of games for the original Switch (+6.8%).
- From July to September, Nintendo earned 249.6 billion yen ($1.58 billion) solely from digital game and add-on sales, which is a 60.5% year-over-year increase. The 'digital' segment accounted for 60.7% of all half-year game sales revenue.
- Mario Kart World continues to be the best-selling game on Switch 2. By the end of September, its sales exceeded 16.48 million copies. Donkey Kong Bananza (5.05 million copies), Pokémon Legends: Z-A (4.04 million copies), Pokémon Pokopia (4.04 million copies), and Splatoon Raiders (2.42 million copies) also performed well.
- On the original Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the sales leader with 72 million copies sold by the end of September.