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[Miyazaki’s Slave]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/nintendo-switch-2-in-focus-as-gaming-giant-posts-profit-miss.html

Key Points

• Nintendo on Tuesday reported weaker-than-expected top and bottom results for its fiscal third quarter, slashing its forecast for the Switch console ahead of the release of its succesor.
• Nintendo said it now expects to sell 11 million units of its current Switch console, down from a previously-reduced estimate of 12.5 million units.
• Nintendo last month teased the Switch 2 in a trailer showing off the hardware, with investors and fans eagerly-awaiting more details.

Will be interesting to see if there is any adjustments made prior to Q4 close based on Switch 2 sales.

 

[diffusionx]

11 million in year 9 of an underpowered tablet is crazy. Xbox sold 3 million last year right?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Does it eclipse ps2 this year?

Or does Sony find a few million extra ps2 sales under the sofa?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Does it eclipse ps2 this year?

Or does Sony find a few million extra ps2 sales under the sofa?

Yes.

Probably.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Switch is unlike anything we've seen in terms of video games hardware sales. 11 million in it's ninth year is just crazy all around. Switch 2 is going to be such a massive juggernaut it will be hard to comprehend. We're witnessing history here.

 

[nial]

Does it eclipse ps2 this year?

Or does Sony find a few million extra ps2 sales under the sofa?

It's kinda amazing how you guys manage to cry about that every single time.

 

[justiceiro]

Does it eclipse ps2 this year?

Or does Sony find a few million extra ps2 sales under the sofa?

Depends on when switch 2 releases, I imagine.

 

[nial]

11 million in year 9 of an underpowered tablet is crazy. Xbox sold 3 million last year right?

Switch is unlike anything we've seen in terms of video games hardware sales. 11 million in it's ninth year is just crazy all around. Switch 2 is going to be such a massive juggernaut it will be hard to comprehend. We're witnessing history here.

It's until the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Just to be clear it’s Nintendo’s FY2025 which ends in March. Not the upcoming year which hardware sales will likely be eclipsed by Switch 2.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Does it eclipse ps2 this year?

Or does Sony find a few million extra ps2 sales under the sofa?

I thought DS was already tied with PS2 both with roughly 155 million sold but then Sony was like, "oh shit we forgot to look on the back of page 6."


But fiscal year 2025 ends in March 2025 so there is no way it passes 160m this (f) year. Realtime 2025, with a price drop to $99 on the lite and $199 on the OG Switch, I could see them getting very close to 160, by EOY March 2026.

 

[Crunchbox]

It's kinda amazing how you guys manage to cry about that every single time.

For some reason nintendo gamers hate sony because ps been the cool popular console ever since the ps1. Most of them wont play good third party games until they can get them at 640 p 20 fps on the Nintendo platform. They are next level really.

 

[Mr Hyde]

It's until the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

is downhill from here fam. Mario needs to find an actual job

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Under Promise and Over Deliver…it’s the Nintendo Way!!

 

[DenchDeckard]

It's kinda amazing how you guys manage to cry about that every single time.

Cry about it? I think its fucking hilarious.

 

[Idleyes]

Can't wait to get my hands on a Switch 2 so I can strap it to my ceiling fan.

 

[DenchDeckard]

For some reason nintendo gamers hate sony because ps been the cool popular console ever since the ps1. Most of them wont play good third party games until they can get them at 640 p 20 fps on the Nintendo platform. They are next level really.

What is it with Sony fans and this strange persecution complex?

 

[IDKFA]

Nintendo new tagline;

The best there is. The best there was and the best there ever will be!

 

[leo-j]

i am doubtful, the DS and Wii dropped like a rock the moment a new console was announced/released. 6-7M is more probable imo. Especially if Switch 2 comes out in the summer, unless they make a lot of cross gen games, and drop the switch to $199 i don't see 11 M happening.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Best selling console of all time incoming

And I thought consoles were dying

 

[Robb]

Nintendo adjusts forecast for Switch (1) Units from 12.5m to 11m for 2025

Title might be misleading. This isn’t for FY2025/2026, it’s for FY2024/2025 (i.e. just the first three months of 2025).

They reduced it from 13, then 12.5, and now 11, which they expect to reach by March 2025 (end of FY2024/2025).

 

[drganon]

What is it with Sony fans and this strange persecution complex?

You're the one that brought it up, ratboy.

 

[Hookshot]

As I said in another thread it's nuts that they will reduce forecasts instead of reducing the price. I guess they see the current price as making enough to cover the 1.5 million "lost" sales that would have probably easily existed at a lower cost.

 

[Kacho]

 

[Walter Matthau]

I thought DS was already tied with PS2 both with roughly 155 million sold but then Sony was like, "oh shit we forgot to look on the back of page 6."


But fiscal year 2025 ends in March 2025 so there is no way it passes 160m this (f) year. Realtime 2025, with a price drop to $99 on the lite and $199 on the OG Switch, I could see them getting very close to 160, by EOY March 2026.

I don't think we'll see $100 price cuts. Switch 2 plays Switch software and Nintendo will want to move the bulk of their manufacturing resources and consumer base toward the Switch 2 as swiftly as possible.

 

[Azelover]

It's kinda amazing how you guys manage to cry about that every single time.

Maybe there's some truth to it.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

They are Currently at 9.54 million shipped after Q3, which means they only anticipate shipping 1.46 million in the current quarter (January 1st to March 31st). For the next fiscal year around 6 million seems realistic, if they want more (especially with Switch 2 releasing) they need some hefty price cuts otherwise there is no reason to buy an OG Switch if it is only around $100 cheaper than Switch 2, it needs to be $200 cheaper.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Maybe there's some truth to it.

155m reported march 2012. PS2 discontinued March 2013. 5m during its last year = 160. Not that hard to understand is it?

 

[Azelover]

155m reported march 2012. PS2 discontinued March 2013. 5m during its last year = 160. Not that hard to understand is it?

I find it strange that it took so long for them to address it. Feels rather weird. You can believe whatever you want. I personally don't buy into it..

 

[IDKFA]

For some reason nintendo gamers hate sony because ps been the cool popular console ever since the ps1. Most of them wont play good third party games until they can get them at 640 p 20 fps on the Nintendo platform. They are next level really.

What is it with Sony fans and this strange persecution complex?

You're the one that brought it up, ratboy.

Lol

 

[TheGodfather07]

I find it strange that it took so long for them to address it. Feels rather weird. You can believe whatever you want. I personally don't buy into it..

There's no room for opinions here. It's a fact. Look it up yourself and you'll see. It reminds me of the insomniac leak and how surprised people were at how well some of their games sold. Sony are random as hell when it comes to giving updates on sales data. They don't have to publically update on everything though.

 

[808mate]

What's crazy is that the RRP has barely budged and it continues to sell like that.

 

[nordique]

will be interesting to see if switch gets to 160 mil
We’ll know after this next year if it will or won’t.

But if 3ds sold 10 million after switch launched, surely there’s a good chance

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

11 million in year 9 of an underpowered tablet is crazy. Xbox sold 3 million last year right?

It's not crazy. The OG Gameboy did the same thing and that thing insanely underpowered. What matters here most is brand power not specs. If you want power you game on PC not Nintendo.

 

[cireza]

until they can get them at 640 p 20 fps

In the meantime, Bayonetta on PS3 was

 

[Banjo64]

What is it with Sony fans and this strange persecution complex?

so cool and popular playing marvel games and watching abbie get pegged

 

[ReyBrujo]

Preparing myself for tomorrow's "Nintendo stock down after results" threads.

 

[Chittagong]

BOMBA

Time for Nintendo to focus on software clearly

 

[EN250]

They're planning to beat PS2 before getting the Switch2 out or something?

 

[Woopah]

Does it eclipse ps2 this year?

Or does Sony find a few million extra ps2 sales under the sofa?

I'd say this year is unlikely. Late 2026 or 2027 maybe.

Under Promise and Over Deliver…it’s the Nintendo Way!!

They did the opposite though.

I find it strange that it took so long for them to address it. Feels rather weird. You can believe whatever you want. I personally don't buy into it..

It's because after March 2012 Sony combined console and handheld sales. In the following fiscal year Sony sold 16.5 million PS2s and PS3s. Sony always knew how many PS2s they sold, we didn't until the Jim Ryan interview.

It's not a case of "believe". That's what the PS2 sold.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

I want this to be like Avatar and Endgame where they keep making re-releases and one-upping each other.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

They did the opposite though.

In this case, technically that is correct.

Selling over 10 million units for fy24 (ending on March 31st 2025) is an achievement and is enough context for their shareholders not to care about that miss (as a shareholder this is only my opinion).

 

[Woopah]

In this case, technically that is correct.

Selling over 10 million units for fy24 (ending on March 31st 2025) is an achievement and is enough context for their shareholders not to care about that miss (as a shareholder this is only my opinion).

It would be a decent,and doesn't matter too much with Switch 2 on the horizon.

But they still had to downgrade their hardware forecast twice, and that's never a good thing.

 

[ハトリス]

155m reported march 2012. PS2 discontinued March 2013. 5m during its last year = 160. Not that hard to understand is it?

Produced ≠ sold. Learn to understand or continue embarassing yourself.