Apr 29th 2017 Zelda Outselling the Switch



Today Nintendo released the numbers on just how many Nintendo Switch Consoles have shipped. Nintendo has shipped 2.74 million of the systems around the world since their release, and along with that they have shipped 5.46 million games. I'll keep mentioning a fiscal year, that's basically just April 1st to March 31st.



Of course the numbers we really care about here are The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which has sold 3.84 million copies of the game worldwide, but that's in total for both the WiiU and Switch. Broken down their Switch sales are 2.76 million copies and 1.08 million for the WiiU. Now let's pause here for a second. Nintendo has sold more copies of of Breath of the Wild for the Switch than they have shipped consoles to play it on. I guess people really wanted a spare copy, or would share a Switch, but not a game cartridge.



Nintendo was very optimistic in their report. They expected to ship 10 million more Switch's before the end of March next year along with 35 million games. They also said that 1-2 Switch was "generating buzz" but conveniently failed to mention any solid numbers to back that statement up.



Amiibo sales for the company seem to be hitting a plateau. With 9.1 million figures and 9.3 million cards. Digital sales were also down, but Nintendo put that one up to few DLC options during this time. Which, if you're not a fan of DLC might be a bad sign for the upcoming fiscal year with Nintendo. At least if they don't want this area to be down again next year



Now for the real money maker in Nintendo's belt, the 3DS. Hardware sales were 7.27 million DS's. These sales have risen about 7% every year, with there being around 66 million 3DS units worldwide. 3DS game sales were just as strong. Specifically Pokemon Sun and Moon, Super Mario Maker, and Kirby: Planet Robobot, which have sold 15.44 million, 2.34 million, and 1.36 million respectively. In total Nintendo sold 55.08 million 3DS games during the fiscal year.



For the WiiU? Well, it sold 760,000, but sold exactly zero during the last three months. Sales have been going down year after year, and as for games, they sold 14.8 million of them.



Nintendo had a pretty good year. Their net sales were ¥489 billion years and their profit was ¥102 billion yen. Now with the Switch heading strong into its first year they're on to a pretty good start for this fiscal year. Is there any game you're looking forward to that Nintendo is coming out with?