Nintendo has published a financial report for three quarters, the last of which ended on December 31, 2023. We have chosen the main thing.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Nintendo reported that its net sales for April-December 2023 amounted to 1.4 trillion rubles ($9.4 billion). This is 7.7% more than in the same period in 2022.
- The company's operating profit increased by 13.1% year-on-year. It amounted to ¥464.4 billion ($3.1 billion).
- The company received most of its revenue outside Japan — 78.7%. The largest regions have traditionally been North and South America — they accounted for a total of 43.9% of revenue. Europe followed with 25% of revenue.
- In three quarters, Nintendo sold 13.74 million Nintendo Switch consoles — a drop of 7.8%. Most often, people bought the OLED version - its sales amounted to 8.17 million devices (+6.2%). At the same time, sales of the standard version of the Nintendo Switch fell by a third, amounting to 3.4 million devices.
- Sales of the Nintendo Switch have reached 139.36 million devices over the entire period of its existence.
- Over the three quarters, Nintendo sold 163.95 million copies of games, which is 4.7% less than the previous year. 48.1% of the copies were digital.
- Nintendo's best—selling novelty is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. By December 31, 2023, its circulation had reached 20.28 million copies. Other successful releases include Super Mario Bros. Wonder (11.96 million copies) and Pikmin 4 (3.33 million copies).
- In total, Nintendo has sold 1.2 billion copies of games for the Nintendo Switch to date.
- Nintendo also said that in 2023, the number of active players on the Nintendo Switch has grown to a record level. There were 122 million of them.
Top 10 best-selling games for Nintendo Switch as of December 31, 2023
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — 60.58 million copies.
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons — 44.79 million copies.
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — 33.67 million copies.
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — 31.61 million copies.
5. Super Mario Odyssey — 27.65 million copies.
6. Pokémon Sword & Shield — 26.17 million copies.
7. Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet — 24.36 million copies.
8. Super Mario Party — 20.34 million copies.
9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — 20.28 million copies.
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe — 17.2 million copies.