Japanese Game Maker Nintendo Reports Robust Profits on Strong Switch 2 Sales

Nintendo sold 3.5 million Switch 2 game consoles globally on the first four days of release.

Nintendo corporate logo.
Nintendo corporate logo.
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TOKYO (AP) โ€” Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises, reported an 18.6% surge in net profit for the first fiscal quarter Friday on the back of strong demand for its new Switch 2 console.

Kyoto-based Nintendo Co.โ€™s April-June profit totaled 96.03 billion yen ($640 million), up from nearly 81 billion yen. Quarterly sales more than doubled to 572.36 billion yen ($3.8 billion).

Nintendo said it sold 3.5 million Switch 2 game consoles globally on the first four days after it hit store shelves June 5, a record pace for a Nintendo game machine. Its sales continue to be strong, it said.

The company said the new consoleโ€™s higher price added to sales growth momentum. The new version sells for about $450 compared to $300 for the previous Switch when it first went on sale in 2017, .

Especially popular games included โ€œMario Kart Worldโ€ and โ€œDonkey Kong Bananza.โ€ โ€œPokemon Friends,โ€ which went on sale last month for the older Switch, can be also played on the new Switch.

The Switch works both as a handheld portable machine and as a home console.

Nintendo stuck to its forecast to sell 15 million Switch 2 machines through this fiscal year.

Nintendo left unchanged its profit forecast for the year through March 2026, at 300 billion yen ($2 billion) profit, up nearly 8% on year.

Nintendo stock, which has steadily climbed in the past year gaining more than 50%, edged down nearly 1% before earnings were announced.

There are some worries about the impact of President Donald Trumpโ€™s tariffs on Japanese exports, but that did not appear to affect Nintendoโ€™s overall projections.

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