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Nintendo's president talks Switch's holiday sales, fiscal year software/hardware sales expectations, and attracting new consumers
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently interviewed for a Japanese publication, and he commented on a number of topics. Check out what Nintendo's president had to say below.
- Switch and its games have done well so far this holiday season
- Nintendo still expects to hit 100 million units in software sales by March 2019
- from April to September alone, Switch software sales were around 42 million
- the rapid release of titles helped for the increased demand this holiday season
- Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Mario Party, and Pokemon: Let’s Go have all proven popular
- Furukawa once again said the goal of 20 million Switch units sold this fiscal year is not easy to meet
- as of right now, he says it can’t be predicted how the new year will go
- Furukawa hopes that the Switch’s play-style and portability will keep attracting people
- Nintendo will continue to release new titles