TOKYO (Reuters) – Nintendo bought 6.84 million Swap items within the first six months of the monetary yr, it mentioned on Tuesday, a slight enhance on the 6.68 million items it bought in the identical interval final yr.
The Kyoto-based gaming agency maintained its full-year forecast for the console of 15 million items, which might be a 16.5% decline on a yr earlier.
Nintendo has prolonged the lifecycle of its Swap console, now in its seventh yr out there, by way of a sequence of heavy-hitting video games.
Critically acclaimed titles this yr embody “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”, which went on sale in Might, and “Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise” which launched in October.
Nintendo’s broad popular culture attraction has additionally been underscored by the success of a Tremendous Mario Bros. film.
This yr has been a stand-out one for the discharge of recent video games throughout the trade, after the pandemic precipitated widespread disruption to growth.
Nintendo’s line-up for the crucial year-end procuring season will doubtless even be bolstered by some new additions together with “Tremendous Mario RPG”, which launches on Nov. 17.
(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Enhancing by David Dolan)
