It’s time again for financial reports, and , as it reveals that its first-party IPs are doing exceedingly well, including Tears of the Kingdom.
In August, it was revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had sold 18 million copies. With the latest financial report, Nintendo claims that Tears of the Kingdom🐷 has sold over a million more copies, bringing up the tot🌌al to 19.5 million.
Other first-party franchises have been also thriving, including Pikmin 4 which is somewhat of a surprise. It has managed to sell 2.61 million copies already, surpassing the sales of prior titles. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have also꧂ sold well, managing to top 23.23 million units 🔥sold.
Mario has also been enjoying a good year thanks to the exposure it has been getting from The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Mario 8 Kart Deluxe has sold 3.22 million copies. The company will continue to capitalize on the franchise’s popularity through Super Mario RPG Remake and Princess Peach: Showtime!.
Nintendo’s first-party franchises doing amazing numbers
According to company, net sales during the first half of the fiscal year increased by 21.2%. It is also revealed that “sales in the first half of the fiscal year were the largest since the launch of Nintendo Switch.” This has been attributed to a 133.3% year-on-year increase in mobile and IP-related income, as well as the general depreciation of the yen.
Overall, the profit margin remained at the same level as last year, which isn’t a bad thing. Nintendo, in part, attributes this to the increasing sales of the Switch OLED model which has a smaller profit margin.
Forever secretive, it is hard to predict what’s next for Nintendo. There have been rumors that there is a Switch successor in the works, though president Shuntaro Furukawa has .
Published: Nov 7, 2023 10:29 am