Nintendo Switch Sales Reach 132 Million Units; Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Sold Nearly 20 Million Units
Nintendo Switch has reached 132.46 million units to date, as Nintendo revealed today during its half-year financial report.
Net sales during the reported timeframe are the largest ever since the debut of the handheld console, marking a 21.2% increase on a year-over-year basis. That's due to a combination of factors, including a rise in income from mobile games and the highly successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie, not to mention a depreciation of Japan's yen. Mobile and IP-related income jumped by 133.3% compared to last year, while the video game platform business grew by 16.7%.
On that note, hardware sales improved by 2.4% compared to 2022. 6.84 million Nintendo Switch units were sold in the first half of fiscal year 2024, the lion's share (4.69 million) of which were OLED model sales, while the basic model only sold 1.25 million units. OLED model sales were up by 32.8%, while basic model sales decreased by 44%. The remaining 0.9 million unit sales were of the Nintendo Switch Lite, which remained nearly flat compared to last year. It's worth noting that the Nintendo Switch OLED has a lower profit margin than the other models.
Software sales grew slightly (+1.8%) thanks to major releases like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which has reached 19.5 million units sold, and Pikmin 4, which sold 2.61 million units. Evergreens like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moved another 3.22 million units and 1.35 million units, respectively. Interestingly, the ratio of digital to physical Nintendo Switch software sales decreased slightly due to 'robust sales of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'.
Following today's earnings report, Nintendo has revised its full annual forecast upward compared to the
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