The news agency Reuters notes that Nintendo achieve financial results similar to those of the Wii era when you submit your next earnings report on Thursday May 7th, corresponding to January-March 2020 quarter. The Japanese brand, according to analysts, has benefited from the confinement caused by the coronavirus pandemic, increasing sales of Nintendo Switch and of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, something that is benefiting sales of games and consoles in general.
Reuters mention one survey of ten analysts by Refinitive, in which they point out that Nintendo report some operating profit of 54 billion yen
Serkan Toto, an industry analyst at Kantan Games, notes that Nintendo "You may sell multiple times what you have in your inventory at this time", referring to the production and distribution problems that the Japanese brand is going through after the closure and subsequent phased recovery of factories located in Asia and the distribution centers.
This has caused that in different territories, including the United States, it is being difficult to find in stores Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite and games in physical format. The company predicted that in the last quarter of the fiscal year will reach 19.5 million consoles
On Thursday the official sales figures of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The financial results report for next Thursday will also offer the sales figures of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the first 12 days from launch. The title is the third best-selling physical format game at its Nintendo premiere in the United States, just behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Signature Superdata claimed that the social simulator had sold more than five million units in digital format alone, surpassing all historical records and the previous title that held the title: Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.
