Nintendo Switch has sold 129.53 million units, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has sold 18.51 million units

[John Elden Ring]

Nintendo's earnings report for the 1st quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31st 2024 has been published, this covers the three month period from April 1st to June 30th 2023. The Nintendo Switch shipped 3.91 million units of hardware and 52.20 million units of software bringing lifetime totals to 129.53 million for hardware and 1088.35 million for software.

Year over year quarter 1 hardware sales are 14% (0.48 million) up from 3.43 million and software sales are 21% (10.79 million) up from 41.41 million.

Two titles sold over 1 million units this quarter - New release Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (18.51 million) plus evergreen juggernaut Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (1.67 million).

Nintendo maintain their forecast of 15 million units of hardware and 180 million units of software shipped for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2024.

Hardware

• Switch Hardware Q1: 3.91m
• Regional Split Q1: Japan 1.20m, America's 1.18m, Europe 940k, Other 580k
• Model Variants Q1: Standard 640k, Lite 430k, Oled 2.83m
• Switch Hardware Total: 129.53m
• Regional Split Total: Japan 30.79m, America's 50.18m, Europe 33.53m, Other 15.02m
• Model Variants Total: Standard 90.23m, Lite 21.45m, Oled 17.85m

Global Shipment History

Software

• Switch Software Q1: 52.20m
• Regional Split Q1: Japan 9.02m, America's 22.71m, Europe 13.32m, Other 7.16m
• Tie Ratio Q1: 13.35
• Switch Software Total: 1088.35m
• Regional Split Total: Japan 209.18m, America's 478.97m, Europe 314.23m, Other 85.97m
• Tie Ratio Total: 8.40

Global Shipment History

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

Software Top 10

Total sales followed by sales added to the total in Q1

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 55.46m + 1.67m
• Animal Crossing NH: 42.79m + 580k
• Smash Bros Ultimate: 31.77m + 680k
• Zelda BOTW: 30.65m + 840k
• Super Mario Odyssey: 26.44m + 680k
• Pokémon Sword/Shield: 25.92m + 100k
• Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: 22.66m + 560k
• Super Mario Party: 19.39m + 250k
• Zelda TOTK: 18.51m NEW
• New Super Mario Bros. U: 16.17m + 760k

Million Sellers not updated this Quarter (1st Party)

• Ring Fit Adventure: 15.38m
• Pokémon Let's Go: 15.07m
• Pokémon BD/SP: 14.92m
• Pokémon Legends Arceus: 14.83m
• Splatoon 2: 13.30m
• Luigi's Mansion 3: 12.82m
• Super Mario 3D World + BF: 11.38m
• Splatoon 3: 10.67m
• Mario Party Superstars: 10.17m
• Switch Sports: 9.60m
• Super Mario 3D All-Stars: 9.07m
• Super Mario Maker 2: 7.89m
• Kirby ATFL: 6.46m
• Legend of Zelda LA: 6.08m
• Mario Tennis Aces: 4.28m
• Clubhouse Games: 4.22m
• DKC Tropical Freeze: 4.12m
• Hyrule Warriors AOC: 4.00m
• Kirby Star Allies: 3.98m
• Legend of Zelda SS: 3.91m
• Fire Emblem TH: 3.82m
• 1-2 Switch: 3.63m
• Paper Mario Origami King: 3.34m
• Yoshi's Crafted World: 3.01m
• Metroid Dread: 3.00m
• New Pokémon Snap!: 2.74m
• Arms: 2.66m
• Mario Strikers Battle League: 2.54m
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2: 2.44m
• Mario Golf Super Rush: 2.35m
• Pikmin 3 Deluxe: 2.23m
• Captain Toad TT: 2.13m
• Octopath Traveller: 2.08m
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: 1.89m
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3: 1.86m
• Miitopia: 1.68m
• Xenoblade Chronicles DE: 1.68m
• Fire Emblem Engage: 1.61m
• Big Brain Academy Brain vs Brain: 1.59m
• Mario Kart Live Home Circuit: 1.58m
• Pokkén Tournament DX: 1.54m
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: 1.50m
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land DX: 1.46m
• Astral Chain: 1.28m
• Wario Ware Get it Together!: 1.27m
• Dr Kawashima's Brain training: 1.20m
• Metroid Prime Remastered: 1.09m
• Bayonetta 3: 1.07m
• Game Builder Garage: 1.06m
• Bayonetta 2: 1.04m
• Fire Emblem Three Hopes: 1.00m

Nintendo Switch sold-in numbers compared to other high selling platforms with substantial quarterly hardware data up to FY10

 

[Systemshock2023]

Those Bayonetta numbers are terrible.

 

[Entropi]

Impressive numbers. Nintendo sells games like crazy!

 

[sugarbetik]

Impressive numbers especially for 1.3bn profits in the first quarter.

 

[ethomaz]

Deserved.

New Zelda is really amazing... shile BotW was more influential to the industry (Open World changed after it) TotK is where they shine.

 

[Darth Vader]

I still don't think the Switch numbers are impressive, since it occupied the space left by both home and handheld consoles. All in all, they are selling way less consoles than before the switch.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

I still don't think the Switch numbers are impressive, since it occupied the space left by both home and handheld consoles. All in all, they are selling way less consoles than before the switch.

I mean, the nintendo home consoles weren’t really pulling their weight anyway outside of the Wii. They were contributing 10-30m for 4 generations. Nintendos handhelds have always been the key money maker for them, this is just a continuation of that while retaining the little audience they had left with home consoles. Its impressive either way to sell 130m of hardware.

And Zelda’s sales are absolutely insane, theres nothing else aside from GTA that are gonna do sales like that anytime soon and thats on multiple platforms.

Only thing is, it seems like Nintendo kind of blew their load with that. I expect Wonder to do well but not 10m in a month well. Then the next big nintendo game has to be a new mario kart or 3d mario, which i can’t see them dropping until the next hardware line

 

[Evilms]

Fixed for the 5th year.

 

[Darth Vader]

I mean, the nintendo home consoles weren’t really pulling their weight anyway outside of the Wii. They were contributing 10-30m for 4 generations. Nintendos handhelds have always been the key money maker for them, this is just a continuation of that while retaining the little audience they had left with home consoles. Its impressive either way to sell 130m of hardware.

This was really helpful and kind of drives the point. Let's not forget the 3DS (which is a separate console), and home consoles (Wii U / Gamecube). The switch is a juggernaut, but it's not impressive considering it's taking over two market segments at once.

Thanks @Evilms

 

[SLB1904]

Bayonetta and astral chain would've done sooo much better if wasn't exclusive

 

[Evilms]

Nintendo Japan Market

Portable

• GB+C: 32.47 million
• GBA: 16.96 million
• NDS: 32.99 million
• 3DS: 25.27 million

Home

• NES : 19.35 million
• SNES : 17.17 million
• N64: 5.54 million
• NGC: 4.04 million
• Wii : 12.75 million
• Wii U : 3.34 million

Hybrid

• NSW : 30.79 million

 

[historia]

Don't worry, next-gen gonna be different. Nintendo days are numbered.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Bayonetta and astral chain would've done sooo much better if wasn't exclusive

Those games are clear indicator of being in an ‘enthusiast’ bubble. The way they are/were talked about for so long you would think they’d be doing 4-5 million at least.

 

[ethomaz]

Switch will start to be phased out next-year.
It won't reach DS numbers.

The only chance was if it has no successor in the next 3 years.

 

[Evilms]

Switch will start to be phased out next-year.
It won't reach DS numbers.

The only chance was if it has no successor in the next 3 years.

hard to say

even if it's true that sales of Nintendo consoles tend to fall apart once the successor arrives.

Wii > Wii U
Ds > 3Ds
3Ds > Switch

so wait and see

 

[Zzero]

I still don't think the Switch numbers are impressive, since it occupied the space left by both home and handheld consoles. All in all, they are selling way less consoles than before the switch.

They aren't at the high of DS+Wii but are beating combined sales of every other home console/handheld generation. The idea that its doing anything other than amazingly well is laughable.

 

[Systemshock2023]

Platinum should have done timed exclusivity deals with Nintendo Just like square did with octopath traveler.

Their reasoning was that Bayonetta didn't sell that much as muktiplat but look at those numbers for 2 ,3 and Astral chain...

 

[Darth Vader]

beating combined sales of every other home console/handheld generation

Clarify, please.

 

[Box]

Impressive numbers. Nintendo sells games like crazy!

Even more amazing that they never drop in price but continue to sell

 

[anonpuffs]

They might actually break the ps2 record lol.