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Nintendo Fiscal Year Financial Results Briefing - event recap

What news will the briefing bring?
by rawmeatcowboy
26 April 2019
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Nintendo is hosting their usual Fiscal Year Financial Results Briefing today, which could bring all sorts of info. Sometimes these events are full of news, and other times it's just a rehash of what we learned yesterday. Either way, we'll be updating this post with whatever the briefing has to offer. Keep refreshing to see what's discussed!

- Switch is globally ahead of 3DS pace, but behind DS/Wii. This has to do with launch timing, as Switch launched in March.
- Smash Bros is the driver of post new year sales for Switch
- Nintendo is seeing expansion of games played by those users who grabbed Switch for Smash Bros. Ultimate
- game sales are up 50% YoY in March's quarter as a result of these consumers
- Switch software sales per hardware are better than Wii
- Monthly active users have doubled YoY in March's quarter
- along with main titles, Nintendo is working on new titles that communicate the fun users can experience with Switch
- Pokemon Sword & Shield is most geared towards portable play
- Switch releases are continuous, with other unannounced titles also planned
- Spring - VR, Super Mario Maker 2, Summer - Fire Emblem, Astral Chain, Winter - Pokemon, and so on
- Switch Online now has 9.8m accounts, excluding trial members
- Tetris 99 has been played by 2.9 million accounts
- Nintendo plans to add more Switch Online, including more titles to make it more attractive
- mobile business is expanding with 2 titles this Summer, including Mario Kart Tour
- Nintendo still does not know exact launch timing for the Switch's release in China
- Nintendo aiming to increase the Switch software tie ratio
- With Switch Online, Nintendo wants to enhance the service so that more people will join
- Cloud gaming is important and Nintendo will continue to accommodate for that
- Nintendo aims to do two to three mobile titles a year
- Nintendo does not expect China to contribute a large portion of Switch sales, as most players are mobile
- Tetris 99 helped drive newcomers to Switch Online
- 4Q YoY is different for sell-in and sell-through, as there is a lag between the two.
- last year there was little inventory in system, but this year that's not the case
- Nintendo doesn't think sell through momentum is a problem
- there are concerns in the third year will be Switch's peak, but looking at momentum leads Nintendo to believe that won't be the case
- With the Mario Kart Tour beta, they expect a large amount of people who will want to play, and their feedback will help mold the title
- nothing official to share yet, but Nintendo is talking with Tencent about bringing their mobile games to China
- Nintendo does not have any defense system for a hostile takeover, but at such an event could be handled legallyr

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