Lives along a billboard during the Nintendo Switch 2 experience in the Excel London International Exhibition and Convention Center in London, Great -Britain, 11 April 2025.
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Nintendo Said on Thursday that it was expected to sell 15 million or his new Switch 2 console in the tax year ending on March 2026.
It is the first prediction for salts of the Japanese gaming giant, because it announces the successor of his successful switching device, that will continue in June.
Nintendo also reported results for the tax fourth quarter and the full year. This is how Nintendo did in his fiscal fourth quarter ended on 31 March versus LSEG estimates:
- Gain: 208.7 billion Japanese yen ($ 1.45 billion), combine with 216.16 billion Yen Exporto.
- Net profit: 41.6 billion yen, versus 33.91 billion yen expecto.
Turnover fell by 24.7% in the fourth quarter compared to the same streams a year earlier, while the profit fell nearly 50%. This was largely expected, because Nintendo fans wait for the Switch 2 and buy the current console.
Earlier this year, Nintendo lowered his prediction for the turnover of the switch to 11 million units for the year ending on 31 March. Nintendo said on Thursday that it sold 10.8 million units of the Switch in the year, simply shy for his own prediction and a decrease of 31% year-on-Lear.
Rates in Focus
Investors are also focused on Nintendo’s prediction for the officer year. The company expects the net turnover of 1.9 trillion yen, with an increase of 63% on an annual basis, but just behind the LSEG estimates of 2 trillion Yen. IT expectations Net profit rises 7.6% to 300 billion yen, under LSEG estimates of 388.8 billion yen.
Nintendo, however, noted that all his predictions on American tariff rats are in force. 10 – After a break in the mutual rates of US President Donald Trump for many countries.
Nintendo in April delay pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the US after the first announcement of Trump’s radical rates for countries around the world. The Nintendo consoles are made in Vietnam, which is confronted with tasks of 46% eleven the break lifts.
Nintendo’s President Shuntaro Furukawa said on Thursday that as an addition rates, the prices of its goods should be adjusted, the question in the US can decide, Reuters reported. Tasks Coud achieved a win on the melody of dozens of billions of yen, Furukawa added, according to the report.
Switch 2 fuels Stockrally
Investors are now focused on how the successor to the console, the Switch 2, will perform after the launch. The Switch 2 starts at $ 449.99 in the US and has improved functions compared to its forerunner.
In addition to the sales forecast of 15 million units for the public prosecutor ending in March 2026, Nintendo said it expected to sell 45 million software at the same time at the same time.
Games are important for the success of every console and Nintendo said that the Switch 2 will launch with two titles – “Mario Kart World” and “Nintendo Switch 2 Welcomo Tour.” There will also be Switch 2 versions of existing games such as “Zelda: Breath of the Wild.” Nintendo leans on his popular characters such as Mario and Zelda to stimulate the attraction of the Switch 2.
Nintendo launched the original switch in 2017 for the first time and it has become the second best Conseso in the Japanese gaming giant ever with more than 150 million units sold. The company managed to extend the lifespan of the hardware thanks to hit games, such as Super Mario, franchises such as Pokemon and the expansion of its intellectual property in films.
Investors hope that the company can continue to ride its wave of popularity with shares this year by around 30% and 64% in the last 12 months.
