Looking at the success of Paper Mario The Origami King, with a period of merely two months from reveal to launch, I really hope Nintendo will take advantage of this stage of the Nintendo Switch’s lifecycle to revive and reinvigorate older, now obscure franchises.
☆ NintendObs Event – Nintendo Q2 FY3/2021.
Consolidated Operating Results
During the six months ended September 30, 2020, for Nintendo Switch, Paper Mario: The Origami King, released in July, selling 2.82 million units and Super Mario 3D All-Stars, released in September as part of the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary campaign, is off to a good start, recording sales of 5.21 million units. Titles released in previous fiscal years have also continued to sell well, with no loss of momentum. Of particular note within this group is Animal Crossing: New Horizons, with sales growing to 14.27 million units (for cumulative sales of 26.04 million units), contributing significantly to the overall growth in software sales and driving hardware sales. Sales of titles from other software publishers also continued to grow steadily. There is a total of 20 million-seller titles (including titles from other software publishers) this fiscal year. As a result of these factors, hardware and software sales both rose on a year-on-year basis, with hardware sales reaching 12.53 million units (80.9% increase on a year-on-year basis), and software sales reaching 100.25 million units (71.4% increase on a year-on-year basis).
Turning to our digital business for dedicated video game platforms, the growth in sales of downloadable versions of packaged software for Nintendo Switch, as well as the steady sales of download-only software, add-on content, and Nintendo Switch Online, helped to bring overall digital sales to 171.5 billion yen (139.4% increase on a year-on-year basis).
For the mobile business, many consumers continue to enjoy applications that were released in previous fiscal years, and our mobile, IP related income reached 26.7 billion yen (33.9% increase on a year-on-year basis).
As a result of these factors, total sales reached 769.5 billion yen, with overseas sales of 596.4 billion yen accounting for 77.5% of the total. Operating profit came to 291.4 billion yen, ordinary profit was 297.4 billion yen, and net profit attributable to owners of parent totaled 213.1 billion yen.
Source: Nintendo JP.
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