Nintendo Q4 FY 23/24 Earnings Release: Hardware 1.96m LTD 141.32M. MVDK 1.12M, Peach Showtime! 1.22M

[Gamernyc78]

IR Information : Sales Data - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units

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Nintendo's earnings release for the 4th quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31st 2024 has been published, this covers the three month period from January 1st to March 31st 2024. Nintendo shipped 1.96 million units of Switch hardware and 35.72 million units of Switch software bringing lifetime totals to 141.32 million for hardware and 1235.82 million for software.

The total for the full fiscal year is 15.70 million for hardware and 199.67 million for software.

Year over year quarter 4 hardware sales are 1.11 million down from 3.07 million and software sales are 6.13 million down from 41.85 million.

Four titles sold over one million units this quarter, these were new releases Mario versus Donkey Kong (1.12 million), Princess Peach Showtime! (1.22 million) plus Super Mario Bros. Wonder (1.48 million) and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (1.39 million)

The Nintendo Switch projections for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2025 are 13.5 million units for hardware and 165 million units for software.

Hardware

Switch Hardware Q4: 1.96m
Regional Split Q4: Japan 670k, Americas 670k, Europe 340k, Other 270k
Model Variants Q4: Standard 460k, Lite 340k, Oled 1.15m

Switch Hardware Total: 141.32m
Regional Split Total: Japan 34.00m, Americas 54.52m, Europe 36.48m, Other 16.31m
Model Variants Total: Standard 93.44m, Lite 23.53m, Oled 24.34m

Global Shipment History (millions)

Software

Switch Software Q4: 35.72m
Regional Split Q4: Japan 7.19m, Americas 15.41m, Europe 9.71m, Other 3.41m
Tie Ratio Q4: 18.22

Switch Software Total: 1235.82m
Regional Split Total: Japan 239.92m, Americas 540.18m, Europe 356.32m, Other 97.40m
Tie Ratio Total: 8.74

Global Shipment History (millions)

Nintendo reports sales data for software charting in the top 10 or that has sold one million or more units within the fiscal year (from 1 April 2023).

Software Top 10

Total sales followed by sales added to the total in Q4

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 61.97m (1.39m)
• Animal Crossing New Horizons: 45.36m (570k)
• Super Smash Bros Ultimate: 34.22m (550k)
• Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: 31.85m (240k)
• Super Mario Odyssey: 27.96m (310K)
• Pokémon Sword/Shield: 26.27m (100k)
• Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: 24.92m (560k)
• Super Mario Party: 20.66m (320k)
• Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: 20.61m (330k)
• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: 17.45m (250k)

New Releases + Others

• Luigi's Mansion 3: 14.25m (270k)
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: 13.47m (300k)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder: 13.44m (1.48m)
• Nintendo Switch Sports: 13.11m (630k)
• Mario Party Superstars: 12.89m (580k)
• Splatoon 3: 11.96m (250k)
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land: 7.52m (1.06m FY 23/24)
• Pikmin 4: 3.48m (150k)
• Super Mario RPG: 3.31m (170k)
• Princess Peach Showtime!: 1.22m New
• Mario Versus Donkey Kong: 1.12m New

Million Sellers not updated this Quarter (1st party published)

• Ring Fit Adventure: 15.38m
• Pokémon Let's Go: 15.07m
• Pokémon BD/SP: 15.06m
• Pokémon Legends Arceus: 15.00m
• Splatoon 2: 13.60m
• Super Mario 3D All-Stars: 9.07m
• Super Mario Maker 2: 8.42m
• Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening: 6.63m
• Clubhouse Games: 4.64m
• Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: 4.62m
• Mario Tennis Aces: 4.50m
• Kirby Star Allies: 4.38m
• Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD: 4.15m
• Fire Emblem Three Houses: 4.12m
• Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity: 4.00m
• 1-2 Switch: 3.74m
• Paper Mario Origami King: 3.47m
• Yoshi's Crafted World: 3.35m
• Metroid Dread: 3.07m
• New Pokémon Snap!: 2.74m
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2: 2.74m
• Arms: 2.72m
• Mario Strikers Battle League: 2.63m
• Mario Golf Super Rush: 2.48m
• Pikmin 3 Deluxe: 2.40m
• Captain Toad Treasure Tracker: 2.35m
• Octopath Traveller: 2.08m
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: 2.00m
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX: 1.99m
• Big Brain Academy Brain vs Brain: 1.94m
• Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition: 1.91m
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3: 1.91m
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe: 1.82m
• Miitopia: 1.79m
• Mario Kart Live Home Circuit: 1.73m
• Fire Emblem Engage: 1.68m
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: 1.60m
• Pokkén Tournament DX: 1.54m
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01 Variety Kit: 1.42m
• Metroid Prime Remastered: 1.36m
• Wario Ware Get it Together!: 1.34m
• Astral Chain: 1.33m
• Dr Kawashima's Brain training: 1.27m
• Bayonetta: 1.24m
• Bayonetta 2: 1.23m
• Game Builder Garage: 1.15m
• Bayonetta 3: 1.09m
• Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes: 1.00m

Nintendo Switch hardware shipments compared to some other high selling platforms (millions of units)

 

[Evilms]

 

[Eternal_Wings]

Sony can learn a lot more from Nintendo than from the big American Corps. Imagine trying to copy the Loser Xbox instead of the successful company Nintendo.
Anyway kudos to Nintendo.

 

[arvfab]

Poor poor Nintendo, how can they survive without PC ports?

 

[Box]

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 61.97m (1.39m)
• Animal Crossing New Horizons: 45.36m (570k)
• Super Smash Bros Ultimate: 34.22m (550k)
• Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: 31.85m (240k)

These are insane numbers, They have never gone on discount too which is even more impressive

 

[Jim Ryan]

PlayStation could have reached such numbers but instead decided to be Valves bitch....

 

[gokuss4]

Nintendo does what Sony don't

 

[Evilms]

 

[Puff]

Nintendo is the real market leader

 

[Gamernyc78]

Nintendo is the real market leader

Thy know how to maximize profits for sure. Not my cup of tea but I respect the hustle.

 

[Johnic]

Ahh, another "Sony sucks" comment section, comparing to Nintendo and how good they're doing.

Yet, no one's willing to look at it objectively. You want Sony to be as successful as Nintendo? Say goodbye to high end tech and games. Games like Horizon? Not possible. Ghost of Tsushima? Not a chance.

Most of Nintendo's games don't even have voice acting. Nintendo's doing the way they are is because they skimp on both hardware and software development costs. If Sony did that, you'd be out here complaining how their games and hardware suck.

 

[Nhomnhom]

I see that people are finally starting to agree with me when it comes to Nintendo being the dominant force when in consoles and having a much better approach to selling consoles than Sony does.

Ahh, another "Sony sucks" comment section, comparing to Nintendo and how good they're doing.

Yet, no one's willing to look at it objectively. You want Sony to be as successful as Nintendo? Say goodbye to high end tech and games. Games like Horizon? Not possible. Ghost of Tsushima? Not a chance.

Most of Nintendo's games don't even have voice acting. Nintendo's doing the way they are is because they skimp on both hardware and software development costs. If Sony did that, you'd be out here complaining how their games and hardware suck.

Way to completely miss the point. This has nothing to do with game budget, it has to do with Nintendo betting on themselves and on their strengths while Sony for some reasons bets on copying what has already destroyed Xbox.

We get it, you love PlayStation, that doesn't change the fact that the current leadership sucks and is well on their way to kill the brand.

It's not our fault that Sony sucks, they chose that path.

 

[Evilnemesis8]

The Nintendo Switch projections for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2025 are 13.5 million units for hardware and 165 million units for software.

That's a pretty soft drop YoY that they're forecasting for hardware.
14% drop or a forecast of 13.5M(compared to 15.7M last FY)
17.1% drop for software with 166.5M units(compared to 199.67M last FY)

More than 30M less in software sales makes sense, they're not going to have the combo of Zelda + Mario.
Must be a price cut somewhere in preparation for the Switch successor, which would make sense if you look at the forecast for net profits(-38.9%)
We're deep deep in the Switch's lifespan and so the number of new software releases that would convince people to say: I'm buying a Switch is not really there anymore.

 

[Evilms]

Nintendo targets 13.5 million units for next fiscal year (-14%).
If they succeed, the Switch total will be 154.82 million units.

 

[Yurinka]

Switch hardware sales are declining slower than I thought.

Ahh, another "Sony sucks" comment section, comparing to Nintendo and how good they're doing.

Yet, no one's willing to look at it objectively.

PlayStation could have reached such numbers but instead decided to be Valves bitch....

Sony can learn a lot more from Nintendo than from the big American Corps. Imagine trying to copy the Loser Xbox instead of the successful company Nintendo.
Anyway kudos to Nintendo.

Sony has better numbers than Nintendo in most metrics.

Nintendo did $10.82B in revenue this FY, under half of what SIE does. They did 490602M yen($3.18B) in profit, more than SIE does.

Switch software sales (1235.82M) continue way under PS4 (way above 1700M), PS2 (more than 1537M) and under launch aligned PS5 software sales.

Same goes with game subs, Sony continues making way more money than Nintendo here.

Regarding supersellers, Switch has only 14 games that sold 15M units or more, all of them 1st party. If counting 3r party, Sony has way more games that sold 15M or more. If counting only 1st party, Sony is under Nintendo but getting closer.

Even if they should slow down faster after Switch 2 gets released, they are getting very close to DS (154.02M) and seems that pretty likely Switch will slightly pass it at the end of the current FY if they achieve their forecaast (154.82M), getting very close to PS2's 160M.

Nintendo is the real market leader

No, they aren't:

• PS has the biggest market share, around half of the console market if counting Nintendo.
• SIE has the biggest revenue share, makes over twice the revenue than Nintendo did this FY
• PS has the biggest console active userbase
• PS is the platform where more games are sold every year and generation

Nintendo targets 13.5 million units for next fiscal year (-14%).
If they succeed, the Switch total will be 154.82 million units.

Seems optimistic but realistic to me. I think it also indicates that Switch 2 will be released March 2025 the earliest.

I have a question: did they share MAU?

 

[JAHGamer]

Ahh, another "Sony sucks" comment section

Well, Sony does suck, that's just a fact

 

[Banana]

Wow, switch will outsell the PS2 by years end.

PlayStation could have reached such numbers but instead decided to be Valves bitch....

Nah, sony has never had that level of appeal.

 

[Box]

Most of Nintendo's games don't even have voice acting. Nintendo's doing the way they are is because they skimp on both hardware and software development costs. If Sony did that, you'd be out here complaining how their games and hardware suck.

So you just want to ignore Xenoblade,Fire Emblem and Eternal Darkness?

"Sony sucks" comment section, comparing to Nintendo and how good they're doing.

We are allowed to criticise the things we love, I love Sony but they have been extremely pathetic this generation. These past 4 years have been the worst.

Nothing that Sony has done since the ps5 launch has been praise worthy.

Regarding supersellers, Switch has only 14 games that sold 15M units or more, all of them 1st party.

And none of them dropped in price, all sold at full price and significantly cheaper to make.

 

[xollowsob]

Ahh, another "Sony sucks" comment section, comparing to Nintendo and how good they're doing.

Yet, no one's willing to look at it objectively. You want Sony to be as successful as Nintendo? Say goodbye to high end tech and games. Games like Horizon? Not possible. Ghost of Tsushima? Not a chance.

Most of Nintendo's games don't even have voice acting. Nintendo's doing the way they are is because they skimp on both hardware and software development costs. If Sony did that, you'd be out here complaining how their games and hardware suck.

Come on, buddy, this is a wrong. Sony made a killing during the PS4 gen and that console was powerful enough to play PS5 games on.
It's fine making expensive hardware, as long you have the games to back it up. Year One PS5 did just that, then they shit the bed.

Also consider that Nintendo has the handheld market to themselves. Also consider Sony could have had the console VR market to themselves and again, released fantastic hardware without the software to back it up.
Instead they port old games to PC for some fucking idiotic reason, while allowing PS5 owners to sit with their dick in their hands wondering where the fuck the exclusives are.

I'm not a Nintendo fan, but you know their exclusives are coming and always will, for better or worse.

 

[CHILEANPLAYER]

The bayonetta and xenoblade saga less than 4 million each in a park of 140 million consoles? Wild.
Likewise, despite everything, Nintendo's health is enviable. Seeing this, it is more difficult for me to understand the steps of PlayStation in bringing its great sagas to PC due to miserable sales except for Helldivers 2. Let's not forget that Sackboy BA sold a little more than 65,000 copies when on PS it is almost 2 million. Anyway.