Nintendo recorded a record high profit of more than 480 billion yen in the one-year financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.
Record hits on game consoles and game software "Animal Crossing: New Magnificent Forest" boosted profits, partly due to the demand for nesting due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
Nintendo announced on the 6th that its financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, had sales of 1,758.9 billion yen, an increase of 34.4% compared to the previous year.
The final profit was 480.3 billion yen, a record high, an increase of 85.7% from the previous year.
This is, there is also demand Sugomori due to the influence of the new coronavirus,
▽ game machine sales volume 28,830,000 units of "Nintendo switch" and, since its launch in 2017, the most frequent it and over the years,
▽ of game software " The reason is that "Animal Crossing: New Year's Forest" became a record hit with sales of 20.85 million units in one year.
However, regarding the business outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, next year, we expect sales to decrease by 9% and final profit to decrease by 29.2% due to the reaction of last year.
President Shuntaro Furukawa, who met online, said, "It is certain that we have benefited from the demand for nesting, but the market outlook is difficult in the future. Due to the influence of semiconductor procurement, the production plan is more uncertain than usual." It was.