Nintendo has been interested in players in the Aging Switch Console series through key games with characters such as Super Mario and Zelda.
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Nintendo On Tuesday, the results of the third and lower expectations in the third quarter were reported, reducing the prediction of switch console prior to the release of the success.
Nintendo shows the methods conducted by Nintendo in the third quarter, which ended on December 31, and the estimated LSEG.
Profit: 432.2 billion yen ($ 2.8 billion) is expected compared to 498.2.2 billion yen.
Net income decreased by 6 % year -on -year.
Nintendo’s quarterly result was missed, but all eyes were developed on switch 2, a major Japanese game giant, the successor to the switch, which was first released in 2017, and has been a Japanese game company in history. It became one of the most popular consoles.
Last month, Nintendo turned into a trailer switch 2 to show off hardware. In particular, Nintendo has announced that some switch games are compatible with switch 2. The company has not yet announced the price or release date of the new console, but said that details will be revealed at Nintendo’s direct events on April 2.
Nintendo released a slightly updated version of the version and tried to maintain the switching momentum by enhancing characters like Super Mario through movies. However, interest in the console at the age of eight is beginning to decline.
Prior to the release of switch 2, Nintendo has greatly reduced many predictions on the results of the year ending on March 31.
Nintendo said that it is selling 11 million units of the current switch console. The company also said net income for 270 billion yen, reducing the previous 300 billion forecasts by 10 %.
In the quarter of December, Nintendo sold 4.82 million switch consoles, which set a total of 9.54 million units this year. This has decreased by 30.6 % year -on -year.
Switching success “double -edged sword”
The Nintendo Switch has sold 150.8 million switches since its launch, and is the second most successful console in the company following the 154 million Nintendo DS.
The key to success is the annual player of 1999 million people who have purchased a stable stream of a hit game launched by Nintendo, featuring famous brands such as Pokemon and Zelda and Super Mario.
However, Nintendo is carefully challenging users to convince users to understand the need to upgrade to Switch 2, according to George Jijiashvili, a senior pudding analyst of OMDIA.
“The tremendous success of the switch is a double -edged sword,” said Gijshviri, saying that Nintendo was “suitable for launching the second generation hardware,” considering the huge user -based. 。
“But the biggest challenge is to manage the transition effectively. While persuading the user to upgrade to switch 2, the person sticking to the original switch is supported and guarantee that it will continue to engage. “
OMDIA expects Switch 2 to be released in the first half of 2025, and Nintendo has sold 14.7 million new consoles this year.
“It is a very high order to switch the original switch 2 and outlect and outlaw, which is a big challenge for Nintendo to navigate,” says Jijiashvili.
