- Nintendo predicts that sales of the Switch 2 will range from 53.5% to 147.4 billion yen, meaning the company expects sales to account for 9.5% to 517.8 billion yen.
- The company expects that results from Switch 2 sales will be driven by games such as Yoshi and the Mysterious Book and Pokémon Pokopia.
- Nintendo forecasts Switch 2 sales at 310 billion yen in total for the fiscal year ending in 2027.
Japanese company Nintendo expects sales of its Switch 2 console in the first fiscal year ending in 2027, with the company also expecting to sell the console during that period. Based on the company’s forecast, Switch 2 sales in the first fiscal year will range from 53.5% to 147.4 billion yen (933 million dollars), which is 96 billion yen in the previous year.
Nintendo said it expects the console’s sales to account for 9.5% to 517.8 billion yen (3.3 billion dollars). The material also notes that the company’s forecast indicates that the company’s sales will be driven by three factors: the United States, and the company’s own analysis of the market’s development.
For Nintendo, sales of the Switch 2 in the fiscal year ending in 2027 are expected to reach 310 billion yen (2 billion dollars), which would be 27% more than the previous year. The company also expects revenue from other games to rise by 11% to 2.05 trillion yen (13 billion dollars).
In addition, Nintendo expects that Switch 2 sales will reach 3.82 million units. For the company’s forecast of total sales, the company expects total sales of 9.46 million units, with the game Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (released in Japanese) and Pokémon Pokopia (released in Japanese). The company also expects that Super Mario Galaxy Movie will generate 517.8 billion yen, accounting for a portion of those sales.
Nintendo also said that the Switch 2, which is expected to be released in the red year, will have a strong lineup. For the company’s plans, new games will be added, including Splatoon Raiders (a sequel to the previous game), as well as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is expected to be released in the red year.
Nintendo expects sales of the Switch 2 console to reach 16.5 million units, which would be 17% higher than the previous year. The company also expects strong sales for games: 60 million units for the program’s forecast, which would be 23% higher.
After the forecast results, Nintendo’s revenue fell by 2.9% year-on-year for the quarter.