Nintendo reports 9M hardware units sold 14.91M, down 21.3% y-o-y

The company said, "Looking at the Nintendo Switch business during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet got off to a strong start, recording total sales of 20.61 million units during the period. Other new titles released during this fiscal year also performed well, with Splatoon 3 selling 10.13 million units, and Nintendo Switch Sports selling 8.61 million units. In addition, among the titles released through the end of the previous fiscal year, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 6.66 million units and Kirby and the Forgotten Land sold 3.47 million units. As a result of these factors, the total number of million-seller titles during this period was 27, including titles from other software publishers. As for hardware, units sold declined 21.3% year-on-year to 14.91 million units, mainly due to a shortage of semiconductors and other component supplies that impacted production until around late summer. Total software sales declined 4.0% year-on-year to 172.11 million units, affected to some extent by the decline in hardware sales. Turning to the digital business for our dedicated video game platform, sales of downloadable versions of packaged software for Nintendo Switch performed well, and revenue related to Nintendo Switch Online increased, helping to push digital sales to 310.0 billion yen, up 21.5% year-on-year. For the mobile and IP-related business, royalty income was stable but income from smart-device content declined, with the result that overall sales declined 2.3% year-on-year to 38.9 billion yen."