Nintendo’s first quarter (April-June) sales and profits declined in reaction to the big hit of “Atsumori” in the same period of the previous year “New Pokemon Snap” for Switch sold 2.07 million units | gamebiz

NintendoAnnounced consolidated financial results for the first quarter (April to June) of the fiscal year ending March 2021 on August 5, and in the same period of the previous year, “Animal Crossing: New Magnificent Forest” (released in March 2020) was for hardware and software. Sales and profits declined, partly due to the reaction that drove sales significantly.

Sales of 332.6 billion yen (down 9.9% year-on-year)
Operating income 119.7 billion yen (down 17.3% year-on-year)
Ordinary income 128.6 billion yen (down 14.4% year-on-year)
Final profit 92.7 billion yen (down 12.9% year-on-year)

Nintendo Switch recorded sales of 2.07 million units of “New Pokemon Snap” released in April, 1.04 million units of “Meet Pier” released in May, and 1.34 million units of “Mario Golf Super Rush” released in June. , Each showed a good start.

In addition, “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” sold 1.69 million units (cumulative sales of 37.08 million units), and “Animal Crossing: New Year’s Forest” recorded sales of 1.26 million units (cumulative sales of 33.89 million units). The titles that were released continued to perform well, contributing to the sales of the entire software.

In addition, sales of software maker titles also increased, resulting in nine million-seller titles in the current fiscal year, including software maker titles.

As a result, the number of hardware sold was 4.45 million and the number of software sold was 45.29 million. Hardware was down 21.7% and software was down 10.2% year-on-year.

In the digital business for game-only machines, sales of Nintendo Switch exclusive download software and Nintendo Switch Online were favorable, but sales of packaged download software decreased, resulting in a 24.9% year-on-year decrease in digital sales. became.

In the mobile business, we continue to provide apps that have already been distributed by the previous fiscal year, and sales such as mobile / IP-related revenue decreased by 0.6% year-on-year.

■ Full-year forecast remains unchanged
The full-year earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2022 is as follows, unchanged from the previous forecast.

Sales of 1.6 trillion yen (down 9.0% from the previous year)
Operating income 500 billion yen (down 22.0% year-on-year)
Ordinary income 480 billion yen (down 29.3% year-on-year)
Final net income of 340 billion yen (down 29.2% year-on-year)