- Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- 03 February 2026 13:34:52
Source: Sharecast
The Japanese games giant launched the new version of its hugely-popular portable console in June and said sales of the higher-priced Switch had got off to a "good start". It also saw particularly strong demand over the holiday period.
A total of 17.37m Switch 2 units were sold in the nine months to 31 December, just over 7m of which in the third quarter, leaving Nintendo on track to sell 19m units in the current fiscal year, as previously guided.
Newly-released games including Mario Kart World, which was released on the same day as the Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Raiders were also performing well, Nintendo noted.
The bumper demand for the new hardware and software helped fuel a 99% surge in net sales in nine months to December end, to Y1.91trn (£9bn). Operating profits jumped 21% to Y300.4bn.
Looking to the final three months of the fiscal year, as well as reiterating its guidance for Switch 2 sales, Kyoto-based Nintendo flagged two new games releases: Mario Tennis Fever, due out later this year, and Pokemon Pokopia in March.
"A wide range of titles are also planned for release by other software publishers," it said. "By continuously introducing these new titles while maintaining the momentum of released titles, we aim to expand the install base of the platform."
Nintendo is also marking the 40th anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros, in 1985, with a variety of new products, services and games. A new Super Mario movie is scheduled for release at the start of the next fiscal year, in April.