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Nintendo today announced a profit for its latest period and, in this context, the Japanese video game giant has also updated its sales charts for the Nintendo Switch console. As of September 30, the switch had sold 22.86 million units, as well as 111.1 million games sold for the system.
Nintendo had previously announced that it would sell 20 million Switch consoles during the current fiscal year, which will end on March 30th. During the first half of the year, Nintendo sold 5.07 million switches. hit the mark, it seems.
The new CEO of the company, Shuntaro Furukawa, said at a press briefing that Nintendo, like other gaming companies, often does important business during the season. Christmas shopping.
"The momentum of the Switch fits our expectations," Furukawa said, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. "Although the goal of 20 million euros is not an easy goal to reach, the holiday season is the end of the year when we get the biggest income."
Nintendo has some major releases coming in the rest of the year that will undoubtedly help sell systems. Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Pokemon: Launch of Eevee in November, followed by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in early December.
As for game sales, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has changed 1.67 million units after its release in May, while that of June, Mario Tennis Aces, is sold to 2.16 million copies. In total, Super Mario Odyssey is the best-selling Switch game with 12.17 million copies sold. Like other companies, Nintendo sees a rise in digital sales. Sales of downloadable games and complementary content combined for Switch amounted to 39.1 billion yen ($ 345 million) for the six-month period ended September 30th.
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