Nintendo on Tuesday mentioned it sees an extra slide in gross sales of its ageing Switch console to 15 million models in the monetary yr to end-March 2024, a 17 % annual drop that will mark a 3rd consecutive yr of decline.
The Kyoto-based gaming agency acknowledged the slowing demand for Switch, now in its seventh yr in the marketplace, at the same time as provide chain snarls have eased and the corporate bolsters its video games lineup.
“It’s difficult for Switch hardware and software sales to maintain the same pace,” Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa instructed a press convention, including that he nonetheless sees room for brand spanking new customers to come to the hybrid dwelling/moveable machine.
With Switch gross sales slowing, investor consideration is concentrated on a possible successor to the machine, which has bought greater than 125 million models.
“Based on the guidance, it is crystal clear the launch of a Switch 2 or entirely new piece of hardware can be ruled out this fiscal year,” mentioned Serkan Toto, founding father of the Kantan Games consultancy.
The sturdy enchantment of Nintendo’s roster of characters has been underscored in latest weeks by the field workplace success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which helps the corporate diversify past its core console enterprise.
The film has outperformed expectations, Furukawa mentioned.
On Friday Nintendo launches The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, probably the most extensively anticipated video games of the yr. Orders for the sport are progressing properly, Furukawa mentioned.
Meanwhile Nintendo mentioned working revenue fell 15 % year-on-year to 504.38 billion yen ($3.73 billion) in the yr ended March. The firm forecast revenue will fall 11 % to 450 billion yen for the present monetary yr.
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