Nintendo announced Friday that his quarterly income more than duplicated with respect to the previous year thanks to the Switch 2the console of video games that faster has been sold in the world after being launched in June.
The High demand From this new device of the Japanese giant that gave life to “Super Mario” fueled the enthusiasm of fans, which They exhausted the reservations and even caused the stores to open at midnight.
Like the popular Original switchthis second model is a Hybrid console that can be carried in your hand or connect to a TV, with a bigger screen and more processing power than its predecessor.
Beat all records of the sector When selling 3.5 million units In its first four days. And in his First month The figure increased to 5.8 million, announced Nintendo This Friday.
“The net sales They increased significantly in the First quartermainly due to the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2“said the company when announcing a year -on -year increase From 132 % in revenues from April to June, until reaching 57,000 million yen (3.8 billion dollars).
He net profit The quarter also grew by 19 % compared to the previous year.
However, a challenge for Nintendo It will now be to keep the Game supply successful for New consolewarned AFP the video game industry Serkan Toto.
“There are new games of the Pokémon, Metroid and Kirby franchises that They will go on sale at the end of this yearbut some fans have already begun to ask even more titles, “he said.
However, “the launch of Switch 2 ha exceeded expectations of many people “and it will be difficult for another console to match their Good startthe analyst added.
“Nintendo I should comfortably take advantage of this impulse during the vacation And until 2026, “he predicted.
“Great return”
Despite these good figures, Nintendo He kept his Financial forecasts and its modest sales objectives of consoles For all the exercise that will end in March 2026, with a forecast of 15 million units.
Nathan Naidu, from Bloomberg Intelligence, said it is “likely” that the giant increases that amount, because already sold 40 % of that goal.
Switch launch 2 positions the company “for a Great return After four consecutive years of little impulse in their sales… unless US tariffs force Nintendo To raise hardware prices, “the analyst wrote on Friday.
Although Nintendo It is diversifying With successful films and thematic parks, consoles They are still the core of their business.
The original switch shot in popularity during the pandemic with games like “animal crossing” during long confinements worldwide. 153 million units have been marketed since its launch in 2017.
The Switch 2which has new featuresas controls that can also be used as a desktop computer mouse, it costs $ 449.99 in the United States, more expensive than the price of the original launch, of $ 299.99.
“Once the market of unconditional fans of Nintendothe company will have to move to the next level by convincing the majority players to make the leap to the Switch 2“Toto said.
