Nintendo Switch became the third best-selling console in history

Japanese company Nintendo published quarterly report, which reported on the number of sold Nintendo Switch consoles – since the launch in 2017, it has sold 122.6 million units. This allowed Switch to become one of the three most popular consoles in history after the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, which have 155 and 154 million units sold, respectively. The Switch also overtook the PS4, which sold 117.2 million units.

The Switch sales forecast was not met, and Nintendo cut its annual revenue forecast by 4%, to $12 billion, and operating profit to $3.6 billion. Overall, the company hopes to sell 18 million Switch consoles in a year instead of the originally planned 19 million , as well as 205 million games for it instead of the originally planned 210 million. In fiscal 2021, the company sold 28.8 million Switch. How consider According to Bloomberg analysts, Nintendo Switch sales will continue to slow down until the company introduces a new console.

Evgeny Fedunenko