Software has also been on a bit of a downward trend, with Nintendo shifting a total of 70.28 million units to mark a year-on-year decrease of 27.6%. Nintendo again points to the releases of both The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in the previous year as significant factors regarding the sharp downward turn.

Nintendo Switch reaches 146 million units sold by Q3 2024, with strong software sales and updated top game titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Nintendo on Tuesday trimmed its sales and profit guidance for the March-ending fiscal year, citing reduced demand for the Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo on Tuesday cut its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2025 by 10% to 360 billion yen ($2.36 billion), as its ageing Switch console loses steam. The Kyoto-based gaming company sold 4.

Investors are waiting for news surrounding a successor to the Switch which they hope will re-energize Nintendo’s gaming business.

Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale.