Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch was forecasted to reach 20 million units sold this fiscal year but so far it’s off to a slower start than last year. The Switch is less than 2 million units away from surpassing the GameCube’s lifetime sales
Switch Q1
2017 – 1.97m
2018 – 1.88m
Switch Software Q1
2017 – 8.14m
2018 – 17.96m
Switch hardware and software LTD totals
Hardware – 19.67 million
Software – 86.93 million
Nintendo 3DS
The 3DS is seeing a significant decrease in sales from the prior year. With almost 3 million software units sold Q1 Nintendo is showing no signs of slowing down the 3DS/2DS brand.
3DS Q1
360k units sold (61.9% decrease from last year)
2.95 million software units sold (49.6% decrease from last year)
3DS LTD
Hardware – 72.89m
Software – 367.84m
Nintendo Switch
Software LTD totals (Q1 sales in parenthesis)
Super Mario Odyssey 11.17m (+ 760k)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 10.35m (+ 1.13m)
Zelda BOTW 9.32m (+ 840k)
Splatoon 2 6.76m (+740k)
1-2 Switch 2.45m (+ 160k)
ARMS 2.01m (+ 160k)
Kirby Star Allies 1.89m (+630k)
Xenoblade 2 1.42m (+110k)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 1.40m
Nintendo Labo combined 1.39m
Mario Tennis Aces 1.38m
Nintendo 3DS
Software LTD totals
Mario Kart 7 17.21m
Pokemon X/Y 16.31m
Pokemon Sun/Moon 16.12m
Pokemon OR/AS 14.10m
New Super Mario Bros. 2 12.70m
Super Mario 3D Land 12.12m
Animal Crossing: New Leaf 11.78m
Smash Bros. 3DS 9.30m
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon 7.72m
Tomodachi Life 6.25m
NES Classic Edition Q1
1.26 million units sold
Digital sales Q1
18.5 billion yen (68.0% increase from last year)
Mobile Q1
9.0 billion yen (0.4% increase from last year)
Quarter 1 Switch software sales have been very impressive, but the hardware seems to be slowing a bit. I believe Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Lets Go Pikachu and Eevee can move hardware, but can they move enough to reach the 20 million units forecasted? Will we see a big Q4 surprise announcement to move more hardware? One way Nintendo can move more Switch units would be with limited edition models. WiiU you ports are paying off with Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze selling 1.40 million units and I am fairly certain we will see one more WiiU port this holiday.
What are your thoughts on the sales numbers are you surprised by them? Let me know in the comments below.
Source: Nintendo.co.jp
