Nintendo FY3/2021 Q1 Earnings Release (Switch at 61 million, Animal Crossing at 22 million, release calendar, million sellers, and more!)

Here we go, gang! The complete breakdown for Nintendo's FY3/2021 Q1 Earnings. You can check out the full details from Nintendo's report below.

Financial data and forecast

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| Nintendo Co., Ltd.| Net Sales | Operating Income | Net Profit |
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| 1st Quarter | ¥358,106M | ¥144,737M | ¥106,482M |
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| FY3/21 Forecast | ¥1,200,000M | ¥300,000M | ¥200,000M |
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Hardware, Software, and Mobile sales data

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| Switch (units) | Switch |Switch Lite|Hardware Total|Software Total|
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| 1st Quarter | 3.05M | 2.62M | 5.68M | 50.43M |
| Life-To-Date | 52.62M | 8.81M | 61.45M | 406.67M |
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| FY3/21 Forecast | | 19.0M | 140.0M |
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(Software sales units include both packaged and downloadable versions of software.)
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| Smart devices, IP related income, etc.|
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| 1st Quarter | ¥13,278M |
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Million Sellers Update

Switch

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 26.74 million pcs.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 22.40 million pcs.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 19.99 million pcs.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 18.60 million pcs.
Pokémon Sword/Pokémon Shield - 18.22 million pcs.
Super Mario Odyssey - 18.06 million pcs.
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! - 12.20 million pcs.
Super Mario Party - 10.94 million pcs.
Splatoon 2 - 10.71 million pcs.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 7.44 million pcs.
Ring Fit Adventure - 4 million pcs.
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - 1.32 million pcs.
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 1.03 million pcs.

3DS

3DS
Mario Kart 7 - 18.71 million pcs.
Pokemon X/Y - 16.45 million pcs.
Pokemon Sun/Moon - 16.18 million pcs.
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - 14.27 million pcs.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 13.34 million pcs.
Super Mario 3D Land - 12.70 million pcs.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 12.55 million pcs.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - 9.59 million pcs.
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon - 8.77 million pcs.
Tomodachi Life - 6.59 million pcs.

Supplemental info

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| Proportion of overseas sales |
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| 1st Quarter | 76.3% |
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(※ Proportion of overseas(outside of Japan) sales to total sales)
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| Proportion of hardware sales |
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| 1st Quarter | 47.2% |
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(※ Proportion of hardware(including accessories) sales to total
dedicated videogame platform sales)
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| Proportion of first party software sales |
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| 1st Quarter | 82.5% |
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(※ Proportion of first-party software sales to total dedicated video
game software sales)
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| Digital Sales |
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| 1st Quarter | ¥101.0B |
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(※ Digital sales include a) downloadable versions of packaged software,
b) download-only software,c) add-on content and d) Nintendo Switch Online, etc.
＊ “Downloadable versions of packaged software” indicates the
downloadable version of software that is offered both physically and digitally.)
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| Proportion of Digital Sales |
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| 1st Quarter | 55.6% |
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(※ Proportion of digital sales to total dedicated
video game software sales )
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|Proportion of DL Ver. of Packaged SW Sales|
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| 1st Quarter | 67.7% |
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Various tidbits

- sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons continue to be strong with no loss of momentum
- sales of titles from other software publishers continued to grow steadily
- the total number of million-seller titles during this period was nine, including titles from other software publishers
- COVID-19 created some difficulties in procuring the parts required for manufacturing Nintendo Switch consol
- the overall production situation has almost recovered
- hardware sales reached 5.68 million units (166.6% increase on a year-on-year basis)
- software sales reached 50.43 million units (123.0% increase on a yearon-year basis)
- digital sales increased as a result of the good momentum of downloadable versions of packaged software and DLC
-download-only software and Nintendo Switch Online also sold well
- digital sales reached 101.0 billion yen (229.9% increase on a year-on-year basis)
- mobile IP related income reached 13.2 billion yen (32.7% increase on a year-on-year basis)
- total sales reached 358.1 billion yen, with overseas sales of 273.0 billion yen accounting for 76.3% of the total
- Operating profit came to 144.7 billion yen
- ordinary profit was 150.3 billion yen
- net profit attributable to owners of parent totaled 106.4 billion yen
- there are no changes to the original financial forecast for this period which was published on May 7, 2020
- there is a robust variety of appealing titles from other software publishers scheduled to be released
- Nintendo will work to keep the platform active with new titles and by reinforcing sales of popular titl
- with mobile, the focus will be on operations that encourage more consumers to continue to playing the current applications
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics recorded a digital sales ratio of over 50%.
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold 1.67 million on Wii U, pushing the total for Breath of the Wild to over 20 million

First and third party release date calendar

The success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The success of Ring Fit Adventure