Nintendo also reports sales decline as Switch hits 111m
Nintendo hardware and software sales both declined year-on-year for the three months ended June 2022, which the company blamed partly on component shortages.
Hardware sales for Nintendo’s Q1 totalled 3.43 million units (down 22.9% year-on-year) and software sales totalled 41.41 million units (down 8.6%).
Net sales were also down 4.7% to 307.4bn yen. However, net profits were up 28.3% compared to last year at 166.7bn yen.
During the first quarter (April through June 2022), Nintendo Switch Sports (released in April) achieved sales of 4.84 million units, and Mario Strikers: Battle League (released in June) sold 1.91 million units.
In addition, titles released in previous fiscal years such as Kirby and the Forgotten Land sold 1.88 million units (for cumulative sales of 4.53 million units), and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold a further 1.48 million units (for cumulative sales of 46.82 million units).
Nintendo Switch sold a further 3.43m during the quarter (compared to 4.45m during the same period last year), for a life-to-date total of 111.08m.
Earlier this year Switch was already confirmed as the best-selling Nintendo home console of all-time, beating Wii’s 101.63m. However, it still has a way to go before it matches Nintendo DS’s 154.02 million units sold, and Game Boy (and Game Boy Color) at 118.69m.
Outside of Nintendo’s own consoles, only PlayStation 4 (116.6m) and PlayStation 2 (155m) have outsold Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo’s latest financial results echo those of Sony, which also reported a decline in sales earlier this month, which it also blamed partly on component shortages as well as challenging post-pandemic-boom market conditions and a weak yen.
On Wednesday, Nintendo said it expected procurement of components to improve from
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