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Nintendo Forecasts 15 Million Sales of Switch 2 in Year Ahead

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Key Takeaways

  • Nintendo anticipates selling 15 million Switch 2 gaming consoles in the year ahead.
  • The company delayed pre-sales in early April to assess the U.S.’s new import taxes.
  • Nintendo projects it will sell 45 million games designed specifically for the Switch 2.

Ni📖ntendo expects to sell 15 million Nintendo Switch 2 systems in the coming year, the video game company said Thursday.

Nintendo released the estimate weeks after pre-orders of the gaming console began. The Japan-based business 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:delayed pre-sales in early April to give itself time to assess the U.S.’s new import taxes. When pre-orders began late last month, gamers said 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:retailers' websites struggled to keep up with traffic a🅺nd merchants quickly sold out of the second-generation Switch🐬 console.

The 15 million estimate assumes U.S. tariffs remain unchanged from April 10 levels, according to Nintendo.

Demand for the Switch 2’s precursors澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网: has fallen, with the company selling 10.8 million consoles in fiscal year 2025 compared to 15.7 million a year earlier, a💧ccording to company results for the fiscal year ended March 31. 

Nintendo projects it will sell 45 million games designed specifically for the Switch 2 and 105 million older games, the company said. The total projection of 150 million games is down slightly from the roughly 155 mi💮llion sold in fiscal 2025.

In its most recent fiscal year, Nintendo’s sales hit 1.16 trillion yen ($8 billion U.S. dollars), a♏ 30.3% decline from 2024. It made 278.8 billion yen ($1.91 million USD) in profit or 43.2% less than the year prior, the company said.

Nintendo env𒁃isions bouncing back in the coming year. Its outlook projects 1.9 trillion yen ($13 billion USD) in sales, and 300 billion yen ($2.06 billion in USD) iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn profit for fiscal year 2026.

U.S.-traded shares of Nintendo (NTDOY) were down about 5% Thursday. They have gained more than 60% over the past year.

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