In its financial results explanatory material for the third quarter of fiscal year ending March 2022, Nintendo shared the latest on its digital sales.
While digital sales during the third quarter dropped just slightly, between October through December 2021, they rose by 31.2 percent year-on-year. According to Nintendo, there was an increase in downloadable versions of retail titles this past holiday season. Nintendo Switch Online sales also “grew steadily”.
Below are Nintendo’s entire comments:
Nintendo has commented on the sell-through of its first-party Switch games between October and December 2021.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl was the highlight having moved over 11.7 million copies in its first seven weeks. Additionally, titles from previous fiscal years are performing well. 13 different games have each seen sell-through of 10 million units or more, Nintendo has confirmed.
Also worth mentioning is that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the best-selling game ever in Japan at over 10 million units, beating Super Mario Bros. from 1985 which saw 6.81 million sales.
Nintendo’s full words:
In its financial results explanatory material published today, Nintendo delved into Switch hardware sell-through as well as the system’s annual playing users.
As mentioned today, the system has crossed the 100 million mark and has now outsold the Wii. Nintendo stressed that it’s still combating semiconductor shortages and distribution delays, which has an impact on Switch production.
As for annual playing users, the company said: “Many people continued to play Nintendo Switch in the most recent year, and for the period of January through December of 2021, the number of annual playing users exceeded 98 million users.”
Below are Nintendo’s full comments:
As part of its latest financial results, Nintendo has further discussed the performance of Switch. Despite a year-on-year decline in hardware, software sales went up a tick.
Nintendo also pointed out the “strong” performance of Switch OLED “in each region” since launching last October. Additionally, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl and Mario Party Superstars “got off to a good start”.
The full comments regarding Switch are as follows:
GameMill, Ludosity, and Fair Play Labs have announced Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the newest playable character for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Additionally, the classic game show Double Dare is being added as a new stage.
Last month, Garfield was announced and released as a new character for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Shredder is now continuing the trend of free content.
Idea Factory has announced a western release date for Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars on Switch. It is officially releasing on April 19 in North America and April 22 in Europe.
They’ve also detailed what changes have been made in this version compared to the initial PS4 release. Here are the details below:
Limited Run Games has announced a physical release for Sol Cresta coming to Switch February 22.
There will be two different versions on offer; a standard edition and a limited collector’s edition. The latter will include a special box, a two-disc soundtrack, a metal replica ship, an enamel pin, a pair of medals, three acrylic standees, a set of art cards, and a 5.5-inch tall mini arcade cabinet replica with a video screen.
Following its release on Switch today, we have 34 minutes of gameplay for The Hundred Year Kingdom.
Learn more about The Hundred Year Kingdom with the following overview:
It’s time for the latest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of February 3, 2022. The latest releases include Maglam Lord, Death end re;Quest 2, OlliOlli World, and more.
Here’s the full lineup:
