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Nintendo Q1 2018 results - hardware/software totals, release schedule, million-sellers updated, and much more
Switch Q1
2017 - 1.97m
2018 - 1.88m
Switch Software Q1
2017 - 8.14m
2018 - 17.96m
Switch hardware and software LTD totals
Hardware - 19.67 million
Software - 86.93 million
3DS Q1
- 360k units sold (61.9% decrease on a year-on-year basis)
- 2.95 million software units sold (49.6% decrease on a year-on-year basis)
3DS LTD
Hardware - 72.89m
Software - 367.84m
Software LTD totals (Q1 sales in parenthesis)
Super Mario Odyssey
11.17m (+ 760k)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
10.35m (+ 1.13m, nothing else is even close)
Zelda BOTW
9.32m (+ 840k)
Splatoon 2
6.76m (+740k)
1-2 Switch
2.45m (+ 160k)
ARMS
2.01m (+ 160k)
Kirby Star Allies
1.89m (+630k)
Xenoblade 2
1.42m (+110k)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
1.40m
Nintendo Labo combined
1.39m
Mario Tennis Aces
1.38m
Mario Kart 7
17.21m
Pokemon X/Y
16.31m
Pokemon Sun/Moon
16.12m
Pokemon OR/AS
14.10m
New Super Mario Bros. 2
12.70m
Super Mario 3D Land
12.12m
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
11.78m
Smash Bros. 3DS
9.30m
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
7.72m
Tomodachi Life
6.25m
NES Classic Edition Q1
- 1.26 million units sold
Digital sales Q1
- 18.5 billion yen (68.0% increase on a year-on year)
Mobile Q1
- 9.0 billion yen (0.4% increase on a year-on year)
Various tidbits
- Switch hardware sales in every region have been trending upwards since E3
- software sales also have been moving in good shape towards the holiday season
- Nintendo expects several key titles from other software publishers to releas
- Nintendo Switch Online still on-track for Sept. release
- for 3DS, Nintendo will continue to leverage the platform’s rich software library and its hardware install base to further expand
- with mobile, Nintendo plans to release Dragalia Lost this Summer, and Mario Kart Tour by the end of this fiscal year
- no revision to the financial forecast for this period
Release date schedule