Nintendo Just Had A Record-Breaking Quarter Thanks To Tears Of The Kingdom

Nintendo had its best-ever first quarter since the Switch’s launch in 2017. Sales of The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom were a big part of that.

The company’s latest financial report reveals that Tears of the Kingdom sold 18.51 million units from its release to June 30. This led to Nintendo having the highest “global sell-through of first-party” for a first quarter since the launch of the Switch. Tears of the Kingdom was also responsible for hardware sales. Nintendo has sold 3.91 millions units from April 1 through June 30. 

Nintendo says those 3.91 million units sold translates to unit sales for the entire Switch family of systems rising by 13.9% year-on-year, led primarily by the Switch OLED Model, which contributed 2.83 million of those sales. Switch Lite and standard Switch each sold.64million units. Software sales rose by 26.1% to 52.21 millions units over the same period. Tears of the Kingdom’s 18.51 million units is more than a third of those sales. 

“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which was released on May 12, has made a major contribution to Q1 sales in the current environment, in which we see widespread adoption of Nintendo Switch hardware and continued play engagement by many consumers,” the financial results read. “Sell-through of this one title constitutes approximately half of the first-party software sold this fiscal year. 

“Consumers who played the previous entry, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, have been the primary driver, but as the weeks have passed, we have seen that a growing percentage of purchases are being made by consumers who have not yet played that title.”

Nintendo contributes the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and related promotions to increased “solid sales” of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and other Mario games. Digital sales increased 35.9% on an annual basis to 119.6 Billion Yen during the current quarter, representing 47.3%. 

Nintendo’s net sales have risen 50% in comparison to the same period last year, reaching 461.3 billion dollars. The operating profit, however, has increased by 82.4 percent to 185.4 trillion yen. Nintendo has also released its latest hardware and software list. This allows us to see the best-selling games and consoles. 

These are the top-selling Nintendo Consoles. 

1. Nintendo DS – 154.02 million units 
2. Nintendo Switch – 129.53 million units
3. Game Boy – 118.69 million units
4. Wii – 101.63 million units 
5. Game Boy Advance – 81.51 million units
6. Nintendo 3DS – 75.94 million units
7. Family Computer/NES – 61.91 million units
8. Super Family Computer/SNES – 49.10 million units 
9. Nintendo 64 – 32.93 million units
10. Nintendo GameCube – 21.74 million units
11. Wii U – 13.56 million units

Here are the top-selling Switch titles: 

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 55.46 million units
2. Animal Crossing New Horizons – 42.79 million units
3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 31.77 million units
4. The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild – 30.65 million units
5. Super Mario Odyssey – 26.44 million units
6. Pokemon Sword/Pokemon Shield – 25.92 million units
7. Pokemon Scarlet/Pokemon Violet – 22.66 million units
8. Super Mario Party – 19.39 million units
9. Tears of the Kingdom – The Legend of Zelda – 18.51 million units
10. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 16.17 million units

More information can be found by reading Game Informer’sThe review of The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is below. Then, check out the Zelda Amiibo figure and Ganondorf Amiibo coming this fall. Then, you can read Game Informer’sThe top 10 games for Switch. 

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