Nintendo believes the Swap 2 will promote 15 million models worldwide through the present fiscal 12 months.
The corporate shared the gross sales forecast in its fiscal report for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025. It expects Swap 2 software program gross sales to complete 45 million models over the identical interval.
The unique Swap offered virtually 18 million models worldwide in its first 12 months on cabinets. The gadget launched on March 3, 2017, and offered 2.74 million models by the tip of the month. It then proceeded to shift 15.05 million models through the subsequent fiscal 12 months, which ended on March 31, 2018.
It is price noting that Nintendo’s preliminary forecast for the Swap 2, which is slated to launch on June 5 (after a couple of tariff-related scares), solely covers its first 9 months on cabinets. Meaning it is fully potential the long-awaited console may outperform its predecessor over a 12 month interval.
Because it stands, the unique Swap stays firmly on monitor to change into the best-selling Nintendo console of all time. The gadget shifted 10.8 million models throughout FY25 to achieve 152.12 million lifetime gross sales. It requires fewer than 2 million gross sales through the present fiscal 12 months to beat the all-time {hardware} gross sales document held by the Nintendo DS (154.02M models).
That looks like a forgone conclusion at this level, with Nintendo forecasting one other 4.5 million Swap gross sales through the present fiscal 12 months.
{Hardware} and software program gross sales decline as the unique Swap prepares to bow out
Taking a look at Nintendo’s wider monetary efficiency, consolidated web gross sales declined by 30.3 % year-over-year to 1.16 trillion yen ($8.03 billion). Revenue decreased by 43.2 % year-on-year to 278.8 billion yen ($1.9 billion).
{Hardware} gross sales declined by 31.2 % year-on-year to 10.8 million models, whereas software program gross sales tumbled by 22.2 % to 155.41 million models over the identical interval.
Given the Swap is now on the very finish of its lifecycle, these respective downturns are to be anticipated.
Elsewhere, digital gross sales fell by 26.5 % 12 months on 12 months to 326 billion yen ($2.25 billion) on account of a lower in gross sales of downloadable Swap titles. Cell and IP associated earnings declined by 27 % to 67.6 billion yen ($466.8 million) on account of a lower in income associated to The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, which is now over two years outdated.
Trying forward, Nintendo expects the launch of the Swap 2 to assist ship full-year gross sales of 1.9 trillion yen ($13.1 billion) throughout FY26.
