Aug 04, 2023 12:25:00

Cumulative sales of 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' reached 18.51 million in just two months, Nintendo's first quarter sales increased by 50% year-on-year to 461.3 billion yen with the movie Mario also doing well

Nintendo announced the financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2024 (April to June 2023), and the cumulative sales volume of '

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ' released in May 2023 reached 18.51 million. announced that it had reached With the tailwind of the success of “ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ” and “ The Super Mario Bros. Movie ,” sales of both software and hardware increased year on year.

Financial Results Briefing for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024
(PDF file) https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230803_2.pdf

Financial Results for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024 [JGAAP] (Consolidated)
(PDF file) https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230803.pdf

In the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2024, Nintendo's sales increased by 50% year-on-year to 461.3 billion yen, operating income increased by 82.4% year-on-year to 185.4 billion yen, and ordinary income increased by 52.2% to 253.7 billion yen. Net income increased 52.1% year-on-year to ¥181.0 billion.

Of the 461.3 billion yen in sales, sales of dedicated game machines, including hardware and software, increased 44.6% year-on-year to 427.4 billion yen. In addition to the success of 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,' the number of sales of 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe', which continues to deliver additional courses even after six years since its release in April 2017, has increased. Earning 1.67 million units in the current period alone, reaching a total of 55.46 million units sold, and the movie “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, which was released in April 2023 and became a hot topic around the world, had a positive impact. Nintendo says that multiple factors are involved.

As a result, hardware sales increased by 13.9% year-on-year to 3.91 million units, and software sales increased by 26.1% year-on-year to 52.21 million units.

As for the hardware breakdown, the organic EL model Nintendo Switch released in October 2021 was the largest with 2.83 million units, the Nintendo Switch released in March 2017 was 640,000 units, and the Nintendo Switch released in September 2019. Lite follows with 430,000 units.

The number of users playing Nintendo Switch is steadily increasing, and the number of annual players from July 2022 to June 2023 has reached a record high of 160 million.

Mobile and IP-related revenues, including video content revenues, billing revenues for smart devices, and royalty revenues, increased 190.1% year-on-year to ¥31.8 billion. Nintendo reports that this is the result of increased royalty income and the fact that 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' was watched by many people.

Titles to be released in the future include “ The Return of Detective Pikachu ” on October 6, 2023, “ Super Mario Bros. Wonder ” on October 20, 2023, and “ Super Dance Maid in Wario ” on November 3, 2023. , ' Super Mario RPG (Remake) ' on November 17, etc., Nintendo will strive to revitalize the platform by continuously introducing new titles and additional content in addition to the titles that have already been released. ”He revealed that he would proceed with a strategy aimed at maximizing sales of Nintendo Switch.