Nintendo Forecasts 15 Million Sales of Switch 2 in Year Ahead

Nintendo’s net sales fell by over 30% in the fiscal year ended March 31st, 2025.

The Japan-based business delayed pre-sales in early April to give itself time to assess the U.S.’s new import taxes. When pre-orders began late last month, gamers said retailers’ websites struggled to keep up with traffic and merchants quickly sold out of the second-generation Switch console.

Nintendo sold 10.8 million Switch hardware units in FY25, compared with 15.7 million hardware units in FY24. And it sold 155.4 million games in FY25, compared with 199.67 million games in FY24. Nintendo envisions bouncing back in the coming year. Its outlook projects 1.9 trillion yen ($13 billion USD) in sales, and 300 billion yen ($2.06 billion in USD) in profit for fiscal year 2026.

Rather, Nintendo’s declining revenue was largely a result of flagging Nintendo Switch sales in the wait for the Switch 2. Video game platform business was down 30.9% and mobile, IP-related income was down 27% in the latest fiscal year, with fewer heavyweight titles releasing over the period.

The Switch 2 is set to launch on June 5th, 2025.