The Switch is getting closer to beating the Wii’s all-time sales record.
Speaking as someone who lost several months of 2020 to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it’s not especially surprising to learn that 2020 turned an incredible profit for Nintendo, its Nintendo Switch video game console, and the games associated with it. According to financial reports for the 2020 fiscal year, which ended as of this past March, Nintendo sold a grand total of 28.83 million Switch units in 2020, bolstered by the need for at-home entertainment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nintendo Switch hardware sales now total 84.59 million.
This passes PSP, GBA & Xbox 360 lifetime.
Shipped 4.73M during Jan – Mar, making it 28.83M for the year. Up 37%. Well above 26.5M target.
It's set an initial goal of 25.5M for the upcoming year, a bit below my estimate. pic.twitter.com/yPBQLwuvwy
— Dom (@DomsPlaying) May 6, 2021
With this new milestone, Nintendo has now sold a total of 84.59 million Switch units since the console’s release back in 2017. By contrast, Nintendo’s long-standing record holder of console sales is the Nintendo Wii with 101.63 million units sold during its lifespan. Game sales are also, unsurprisingly, up along with console sales. Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the crown jewel of Nintendo’s 2020 sales, selling 32.63 million physical and digital copies worldwide. That’s only a stone’s throw from the 35.39 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that have been sold since the Switch’s initial launch.
Here is a look at the top selling games on Nintendo Switch, lifetime sales as of March 31, 2021.
Both Mario Kart 8 and Animal Crossing have sold over 30m units each.
Smash, Zelda and Pokémon Sword/Shield & Mario Odyssey are over 20m each. pic.twitter.com/97fGk6q2e8
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) May 6, 2021
But while these sales are undoubtedly good news for Nintendo, they have been offering words of caution to their investors not to get their hopes up for a repeat performance. As the threat of the pandemic decreases, Nintendo expects a 9% drop in revenue, and 20% drop in net profit for the 2021 fiscal year, though the company should still be in good standing overall.
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