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Game-related companies January-February 2018 financial results summary Nintendo increased by 229% compared to the previous quarter

2018.03.05

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1 Nintendo Switch surpasses Wii in North America at fastest pace ever

This is Nakauchi from the technical sales department.

We will summarize the financial results of game-related companies that announced financial results from January to February 2018.

Nintendo Switch surpasses Wii in North America at fastest pace ever

The focus this time is on Nintendo!

The Nintendo Switch was released on March 3rd and is now entering its first year-end sales season, with unit sales increasing significantly.

Image source: Nintendo Co., Ltd. 78th term (ended March 2018) Management policy briefing/3rd quarter financial results briefing materials

Wii sales are 101.63 million units, so it will be interesting to see if Nintendo Swich will also surpass 100 million units and hit an all-time high.

As of February 1, 2018, Nintendo Switch has sold over 13 million units.

Nintendo Switch

Hardware sales: 12.13 million units
Software sales: 47.1 million units

Main software sales volume

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 6 million copies (7.5 million copies combined with Wii U)
Super Mario Odyssey: 9.07 million copies
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 7.33 million copies
Splatoon 2: 4.91 million copies

The number of million-selling titles in the current period was 8 including third-party titles.

Nintendo 3DS

Hardware sales: 5.86 million units
Software sales: 31.25 million units

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Total download sales were 43.1 billion yen (87% increase compared to the same period last year)
Sales of smart devices and IP-related revenues were 29.1 billion yen (172% increase compared to the same period last year)

*All figures are for the third quarter (April to December 2017).

The impact of the favorable performance is also reflected in the stock price, which is on the verge of exceeding 50,000 yen per share.

The quarterly sales and operating profits of each company are as follows.

Company name	Sales (billion)	YoY comparison	Operating income (billion)	YoY comparison	period
Nintendo	4829.71	175.5%	1165.01	494.6%	3Q
bandai namco hd	1743.34	5.2%	185.21	-11.1%	3Q
cyber agent	979.14	13.1%	82.46	29.8%	1Q
Sega Sammy HD	660.98	-8.7%	-11.89	-26.9%	3Q
konami hd	633.12	9.0%	135.81	30.2%	3Q
square enix hd	560.47	-1.0%	79.55	57.2%	3Q
Nexon	526.75	28.3%	117.60	122.6%	4Q
LINE	459.14	18.8%	5.99	26.0%	4Q
mixi	421.80	-5.3%	109.49	-15.3%	3Q
DeNA	328.18	-2.4%	125.76	40.6%	3Q
gung ho	223.10	-17.9%	62.09	-25.4%	4Q
Glee	194.60	35.8%	23.40	24.5%	2Q
capcom	140.11	-10.8%	20.08	36.9%	3Q
COLOPL	123.70	-14.2%	21.97	-40.1%	1Q
Koei Tecmo HD	91.14	-0.7%	28.38	62.5%	3Q
KLab	85.39	36.6%	16.85	283.7%	4Q
Marvelous	63.76	-19.6%	11.98	-22.5%	3Q
Aeria	61.69	168.7%	3.03	black turn	4Q
Akatsuki	57.54	109.1%	28.60	150.3%	3Q
Dreamcom	38.82	77.7%	1.74	-33.7%	3Q
Mynet	30.74	75.8%	2.83	22.1%	4Q
voltage	18.72	-21.7%	-2.56	red turn	2Q
Aiming	18.42	-29.5%	-10.53	Red expansion	4Q
cyber step	16.31	153.4%	3.05	-	2Q
enish	15.90	-11.8%	-1.82	Red expansion	4Q
Broccoli	15.89	1.3%	2.80	-7.4%	3Q
imagineer	13.24	22.0%	2.84	58.0%	3Q
Ignis	12.89	-9.0%	-2.47	red turn	1Q
mob cast	9.83	6.6%	-2.51	Red expansion	4Q
ortho plus	9.78	33.8%	-2.58	Red expansion	1Q
Nippon Ichi Software	8.19	52.5%	0.72	142.0%	3Q
extreme	8.17	0.8%	0.77	-34.0%	3Q
Tose	7.17	28.0%	-0.47	Red shrinkage	1Q
mobile factory	6.90	17.6%	1.91	20.5%	4Q
accelerator mark	6.13	-40.6%	-0.69	red turn	1Q
cave	4.93	-20.3%	-0.80	Red shrinkage	2Q
vector	3.73	-17.6%	-0.83	Red expansion	3Q
acrodia	3.55	-48.6%	0.27	black turn	1Q
nihon falcom	3.11	8.8%	1.47	2.4%	1Q
Gala	2.37	2.4%	-0.61	Red shrinkage	3Q

Numbers are quarterly (QonQ).

Turning black = Turning into surplus
Red turning = Falling into deficit
Red reduction = Deficit reduction

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After graduating from culinary school, he worked as a chef at a restaurant for two and a half years.
He then worked in sales for 11 years in the financial industry.
She joined Beyond in 2013 and currently serves in the technical sales department and administration department.

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