Nintendo sees record first quarter profit thanks to Zelda and the Mario movie | Engadget

The Super Mario Bros. Movie,

netting the company $1.349 billion as of July 26th — the highest ever for an original film based on a video game, and the second-highest for an animated film. has sold 18.51 million copies since it launched in May, whilesold 1.67 million units last quarter."Sell-through of this one title [Zelda] constitutes approximately half of the first-party software sold this fiscal year," Nintendo said.

Switch sales were actually up over the same quarter last year to 3.91 million in the last quarter , with 2.83 million of those being the more expensive OLED model. That rise might be powered in part by, as buyers sought either a new or better console to play the game. The company has also continually stated that it's goal is to put more than one Switch in every household, and could be starting to deliver on that.

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