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Nintendo 2016 Fiscal Year Earnings Release: Targeting 10 million Switches this f-year
CaviarMeths
Member
I think it's less stressed, more just a case of Resting Bitch Face. Dude was a banker, having a perma-scowl is a defining trait lol.
The Hermit
Member
When people said in the sales prediction thread that the Switch would have a hard time surpassing the WiiU in LTD I told them they had no idea of how terrible the WiiU sales were and that the Switch could even beat it in one year.
That thread will be a crow feast next year.
LordOcidax
Member
By the end of this month the Switch can be close or above 4M, that's​ more than the Wii U first year and that's without Christmas sales....
We will have a good idea after this weekend. A lot of US stores are holding Switch stock til tomorrow to release with Mario Kart. If they're sold out next week then April sales will be very strong.
Schnozberry
Member
Smart business. Gives room to claim they beat expectations if the Switch momentum sticks around.
NightwingRebirth
Member
Is there a thread or somewhere I can check to see how much revenue Nintendo made from their mobile apps? I'm really curious to know how FE Heroes is doing.
Would have been really interesting so see how Switch's first ~13 months compared to PS4's.. well except for PS4 getting two holidays in its time span. Pretty sure PS4 still would beat Switch but with two holidays as well I wonder how close Switch could have gotten?
Skittzo0413
Member
The first 9-10 months of both consoles can be compared though giving each of them one holiday season.
SinCityAssassin
Member
No but here's some specific numbers:
This is separate from their share of Pokémon Go profits.
hanspampel
Banned
I expect between 13 and 15m sold (in) by the end of march next year.
Switch is doing great.
Switch is doing great.
NightwingRebirth
Member
Thank you for sharing that! I don't really know if those numbers are supposed to be mind-blowingly great or just as one should expect, but they do look pretty good, seeing as it's all just from FEH, SMR, and Miitomo (lol).
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
Same here, if they can make enough of them and have Pokemon or Smash out this Holiday to go alongside Mario Odyssey they have a chance to outsell Wii U by the Switch first anniversary.
How many times has Fire Emblem mobile been downloaded?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I believe the Nintendo Switch will outsell the Nintendo 3DS
I mean if it didn't do that it would have been disappointing? This is a device that's replacing two different systems. I expected it to sell about what the 3ds sold
Leatherface
Member
I know everyone loves to fight about system specs but I think the Switch is an absolutely fantastic piece of hardware. The new Zelda is arguably the best game they've ever made. Nintendo played their hand right this round. Now we have a steady release of games hitting, seemingly every week. Hopefully some bombs drop at E3 in regards to big 3rd party support. I hope they keep this train rolling. Time to get back on top again. Choo Choo!
Skittzo0413
Member
It actually feels like a new and improved way to play games versus the same box with better internals. I'll never understand the console power chase when consoles will never be able to catch up to PCs in that area.
And like you said, it helps that they've made an actual high end, high quality piece of hardware this time along with one of the best games ever made. That's, unsurprisingly, a recipe for success.
emilioasis
Member
Amazing
Version 3.0
Member
NPD says it did.
Granted, these numbers don't show that, being that these are shipped / sold to retailers (plus digital sales). But it still did.
Version 3.0
Member
I don't see why Retro's game wouldn't be out this year. They average 3 years per game, not counting side projects like Trilogy and assisting on Mario Kart and TF's 3DS port. They're due. February 2018 would be 4 years. That would be 9 months longer between game releases than they've ever had.
Art Vandilay
Member
I personally bought BotW before I got my Switch so I'd be ready whenever the time came. I'm assuming others did this as well?
On the one hand, if you were buying a switch for anything, Zelda had to be the purchase since there was hardly anything else marketed at launch, so it kinda is expected...but...1:1??
Nintendo fans and Zelda combined are monstrous, along with Pokemon and such. Nintendo is sure to be tap dancing now.
*EDIT*
They were also correct to keep it a multiplat with Wii U it seems
Nintendo fans and Zelda combined are monstrous, along with Pokemon and such. Nintendo is sure to be tap dancing now.
*EDIT*
They were also correct to keep it a multiplat with Wii U it seems
ShadowFox08
Member
That's a pretty fair estimate. Wonder if they can reach 3 mill by may 3rd
James Scott
Banned
They can probably finish their game this year, we might even see it at e3, but their holiday line up is seeming fairly crowded. May be best to save it till 2018
Skittzo0413
Member
It should be well over 3 million by now already. 2.74 for March, and it's been constantly selling out in April. Actually I think we know for a fact it's over 3 million already just based on Japan's weekly sales.
What time is their briefing and Q&A?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Easily. 2.74 million was just for March. The system has sold pretty close to 200k in Japan alone during April.
I said it more because Nintendo potentially have enough software to drive sales this financial year, if Pokémon happens, and retro title could be used to drive sales in 2018.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Games take longer to make now.
I think I would agree if there was more meaningful 3rd party support announced for that time period, but as it stands you are currently looking at three Nintendo games releasing in the months after Splatoon 2. With nothing else around them it's kind of light.
LegendofLex
Member
Nintendo's release schedule is pretty crowded for 2017. I can see Retro's game getting bumped to 2018, especially if they have another big title ready for 2017 (Pokemon or Smash). Even if they don't have another big game, they may not have a big open window for another major 2017 title.
Yeah, the streamlined development pipeline by having to support only one system is working out great from Nintendo. They have so many games in the pipeline, they have to hold finished games back for months. Super Mario Odyssey was finished and ready for launch, but they held it back because of Zelda. When you add Splatoon 2, ARMS, Xeno 2, Super Mario Odyssey, and the third party ports, where is the room for anymore big releases first party wise? Maybe one more title between September-October and Pokemon alongside Mario in November, but that's all. This is even without E3 announcements.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Because even when Nintendo was making cash by the boatloads in the Wii and DS generation you'd occasionally have folks popping up saying how Nintendo is fucked for whatever reason. If they're fucked when they're successful, when are they not fucked?
LegendofLex
Member
I suppose I forgot to add the quite-possible scenario where they actually need Retro's title for their 2018 lineup because they released so much of their heavy-hitter stuff in 2017.
James Scott
Banned
Emily Rogers has been discussing it on Twitter. She's pretty confident in the Rabbids game being August or September.
We're pretty close to e3 which should confirm it among other rumors like Smash and Pokemon Stars as well as any 3rd party support.
This is news if the implication is these are 2017 titles, a statement of the "duh" if we're just talking about the future in general.
I'm moist either way.
SinCityAssassin
Member
It amounts to just under 200 million USD from just those two regions, which is a good result considering how late into the year these apps released.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
I see this bandied about and it's about high time someone addresses it. First off, the handheld market is collapsing. The big factor is the introduction and saturation of smartphones and tablets. They went from 150 million to 65 million, that's a huge collapse.
Now, in the face of a changing reality would selling 65 million hypothetical portable consoles be a success? Yes it would, because reality is that sales would have continued its slide.
Same with the switch, in the changing reality of the market, would selling more than the Wii U + 3DS be a huge success? Yes it would. It is also not realistic since the portable market is still in collapse.
The bar I would put is the 3DS for success since Wii U + Collapsing Portable market is roughly 3DS. A hypothetical 3DS successor isn't going to hit 40 million, forget 65 million.
-If it sells above 3DS, it is a gigantic hit
-if it sells 3DS numbers, it is a natural evolution of market realities today
-If if sells below 3DS, it missed the bar
Sword Of Doom
Member
I guess I'm glad I got my switch early even though I haven't really played anything on it since BotW. Looking forward to Mario Odyssy later in the year and who knows what the stock situation will be like
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I've been meaning to ask this aswell
I don't believe so. Just mention of the Splatoon 2 tournament, and to stay tuned. Unless someone else can add!
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Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
Nintendo has yet to announce time and date of its E3 2017 Nintendo Direct/Digital Event/Press conference. They will likely share some details on E3 2017 during the earnings release briefing on April 28.
Skittzo0413
Member
Rösti;234914023 said:
And what time should we be expecting that? 12 hours-ish?
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Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
Nintendo's financial results briefings are usually held 10:00 AM JST the day after the earnings release. April 28, 2017, 10:00 AM JST converts to the below.
I think they have had it 09:00 AM JST some time. But around these times anyway.
titiklabingapat
Member
I think it will sell Wii like numbers and then some when all is said and done.