Nintendo: some sales data for Europe (Fiscal Year 2021-22)
Every quarter, Nintendo share their latest financial results, and while they do share data for Europe specifically, it’s pretty much always shipments. But thanks to the latest Annual Financial Statements from Nintendo of Europe, we have concrete sales data for the European market.
Here’s the data for games and consoles by units:
| Product group | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Year on Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch Hardware | 8.648.531 | 6.385.060 | -26,17% |
| Nintendo Switch Software | 29.969.098 | 29.086.030 | -2,95% |
| Nintendo Switch Accessories | 4.776.020 | 4.665.505 | -2,31% |
| Nintendo 2DS/3DS Hardware + Software | 834.818 | 314.457 | -62,33% |
| Wii U Hardware + Software | 150.722 | 4.962 | -96,71% |
| NES Classics Mini Hardware + Accessories | 21.250 | 18.778 | -11,63% |
| Amiibo | 1.331.108 | 2.418.308 | +81,68% |
| Others (mainly toys, intermediate products) | 814.578 | 4.379.711 | +437,67% |
| Total | 46.546.125 | 47.272.811 | 1,56% |
And here’s the data for games and consoles by revenue:
| Product group | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Year on Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch Hardware | 1.574.864.000€ | 1.317.118.000€ | -16,37% |
| Nintendo Switch Software | 949.898.000€ | 910.388.000€ | -4,16% |
| Nintendo Switch Accessories | 172.974.000€ | 155.257.000€ | -10,24% |
| Nintendo 2DS/3DS Hardware + Software | 9.131.000€ | 5.491.000€ | -39,86% |
| Wii U Hardware & Software | 1.758.000€ | 56.000€ | -96,81% |
| NES Classics Mini Hardware + Accessories | 64.000€ | 51.000€ | -20,31% |
| Amiibo | 7.865.000€ | 8.162.000€ | +3,78% |
| Others (mainly toys, intermediate products) | 7.861.000€ | 6.964.000€ | -11,41% |
| Total | 2.724.415.000€ | 2.403.487.000€ | -11,78% |
Sales dropped noticeably during the Fiscal Year 2021-22, but that drop is mostly due to the big increase during the previous Fiscal Year (with the pandemic boosting sales when people were forced to stay at home), and the actual sales are slightly above what Nintendo expected.
Next, we have a breakdown of revenue by category, which allows us to see how much money was generated by retail sales, digital sales, and more. It’s not often that we get concrete data for that, though unfortunately, no sales data by unit is provided.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | EVO | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Retail (Hardware + Software) | 2.724.415.000€ | 2.403.487.000€ | -11,78% |
| Third-Party licensing | 160.247.000€ | 169.472.000€ | +5,76% |
| Nintendo eShop (First-Party) | 397.462.000€ | 417.835.000€ | +5,13% |
| Nintendo eShop (Third-Party commission) | 47.198.000€ | 37.316.000€ | -20,94% |
| E-commerce (My Nintendo Store) + Nintendo IP Licencing | 4.820.000€ | 32.082.000€ | +565,60% |
| Services (mainly Nintendo group) | 58.596.000€ | 80.123.000€ | +36,74% |
| Others | 5.514.000€ | 2.567.000€ | -53,45% |
| Bonuses + Discounts | -98.349.000€ | -84.897.000€ | |
| Discounts on the Nintendo eshop | -29.135.000€ | -27.520.000€ | |
| Price ajustements/credit notes | -372.000€ | 438.000€ | |
| Total | 3.270.396.000€ | 3.030.903.000€ | -7,32% |
We can see that while Software sales did drop in Fiscal Year 2021-22, Nintendo actually earned more from third-party games and digital sales of first-party games.
The final chart shows a breakdown of revenue by country/region:
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Year on Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate companies (France, Benelux, Spain) | 876,5M€ | 814,8M€ | -7,04% |
| Germany | 580,5M€ | 594,9M€ | +2,48% |
| United Kingdom + Ireland | 691,4M€ | 514,2M€ | -25,63% |
| Italy | 205,5M€ | 181,4M€ | -11,73% |
| Switzerland and Austria | 94,6M€ | 84,2M€ | -10,99% |
| Others countries (mainly distributors in Europe) | 275,6M€ | 214,0M€ | -22,35% |
| Total | 2 724,1M€ | 2 403,5M€ | -11,77% |
Source: Companies House
Data compiled by Astral_lion02 (Install Base)
