The first quarter of the calendar year 2023 has been a busier than the holiday season for Nintendo in terms of release numbers, which is reflected in the final financial results for fiscal year 2023 announced today.
All numbers are annual and broken down to fourth quarter numbers. For reference, we also show a comparison with the US dollar at the rate of 1 US dollar = 134.877 yen.
financial indicators
Revenue: ¥160,167.7 billion (approximately $12,031 million) for the year, of which ¥30,649.9 billion (approximately $2,272 million) occurred in the fourth quarter.
Operating profit: 503.925 billion yen (approximately $3.87 billion) for the year, 93.384 billion yen (approximately $692 million) in the fourth quarter.
Ordinary income: 601.07 billion yen (approximately $4.616 billion) for the year, 118.49 billion yen (approximately $878.5 million) in the fourth quarter.
Digital sales: 405.2 billion yen (approximately $3.112 billion) for the year, 95.2 billion yen (approximately $705.8 million) in the fourth quarter.
Mobile/IP revenue: ¥51.0 billion (approximately $391.7 million) for the full year, and ¥12.1 billion (approximately $89.71 million) in Q4.
All sales, except digital sales, declined year-over-year to varying degrees. Mobile/IP revenue does not reflect revenue Nintendo receives from royalties on the Super Mario Bros. movie. Those earnings will start with the next financial results in late July or early August.
hardware sales
Switch shipments to date totaled 125.62 million units, up 3.07 million units in the fourth quarter. The model ratio was 1.53m OLED, 930k regular Switch and 620k Switch Lite.
Switch is 28.4 million units before it surpasses DS as the best-selling dedicated platform in Nintendo’s history, and 33.08 million units before it surpasses PS2, the number one among all manufacturers.
Software sales (new works)
During this period, Nintendo released four new titles. Fire Emblem Engage became the group’s bestseller with his 1.61 million copies, followed by Kirby’s Dream Land Deluxe with 1.46 million copies, and the surprise release Metroid His Prime His Remastered with his 1.09 million copies. bottom. Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon didn’t reach his million shipments when it was released.
Software sales (catalog)
Switch now runs more software than any other platform in Nintendo’s history, with new cumulative lifetime sales of 1,063.15 million (that’s over 1 billion).
The latest sales of Nintendo’s top 10 games once again include New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe ahead of Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee. here. Notable: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were the year’s biggest shippers with 22.1 million units, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe reached a new LTD of 53.79 million units in another quarter of 1.79 million units, and Super Mario Odyssey next quarter. It looks set to overtake Pokemon Sword and Shield, and Breath of the Wild could join the 30m Club on Switch in time for the sequel.
Other big moves this year include Splatoon 3 hitting a new 10.67 million unit LTD, Nintendo Switch Sports hitting 9.6 million units, Mario Strikers: Battle League hitting 2.54 million units, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has reached 1.86 million units.
Outlook for next fiscal year
- Sales: 14.5 billion yen
- Operating profit: 4.5 billion yen
- Ordinary profit: 4.8 billion yen
- Hardware: 15m switch
- Software: 180m unit shipping
Based on current projections, the switches are not expected to go through DS until after the end of 2024-25.
