Today Nintendo officially released its fiscal 2022 (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022) financial results. Although Nintendo officially announced that Switch production would decline last year, the sales of Nintendo Switch had reached 17.65 million units before March this year. In fiscal 2022, Nintendo's sales were 1,695.3 billion yen, down 5.6% year-on-year, and operating profit was 592.7 billion yen, down 7.5% year-on-year.
In terms of games, console and software sales amounted to 1,639.2 billion yen. In terms of hardware, the total sales of Nintendo Switch consoles reached 17.65 million units, and in fiscal 2022, Switch sales were 23.06 million units, down 20% year-on-year.
In terms of software, Switch software sales reached 822.18 million copies. Software sales in fiscal 2022 were 235.07 million copies, up 1.8% year-on-year. In fiscal 2022, GameFreak's first open-world Pokémon game, Legend of Arceus, sold 11.4 million copies in 10 weeks, and Kirby of the Stars discovered 2.1 million copies in 2 weeks. In fiscal 2022, Switch's digital content sales were 359.6 billion yen, of which Nintendo's first-party works accounted for 78.8%.
Top 10 Nintendo Switch Games Sold:
1. Mario Kart 8DX: 45.33 million
2. "Assemble! Animal Forest Friends Association" 38.64 million
3. Nintendo Smash Bros. Brawl Special Edition: 28.17 million
4. The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wilderness: 26.55 million
5. Pokémon Sword/Shield: 24.27 million
6. Super Mario Odyssey: 23.5 million
7. Super Mario Party: 17.78 million
8. Pokémon Crystal Diamond/Brilliant Pearl: 14.65 million
9. Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Ibrahimovic: 14.53 million
10. Fitness Ring Adventure: 14.09 million