Nintendo anticipates that it will sell 15 million Switch 2 units in the first fiscal year of its release. This is roughly the same as the original Switch sold in a ten-month period, making this a particularly conservative estimate for the widely anticipated next-gen console.
This comes from the company's latest financial results briefing Q&A, in which Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa answered questions about projections going into the Switch 2's launch. Here, Nintendo was questioned about this estimated figure and why the Switch 2 is priced the way it is.
Switch is already a bigger success than the Wii U ever was.
Nintendo does explain this, but it also reveals something which may come as a surprise - it's still going to make less money from each Switch 2 sale. This is despite the Switch 2 being priced at $449.99, whereas its predecessor had an introductory price of $299.99.
In the Q&A, as spotted by ResetEra user mazi, Furukawa was asked why Nintendo projects that its operating profit ratio will decline.
"The reason we expect the operating profit ratio to decline year-on-year in our consolidated earnings forecast is because the proportion of hardware sales is projected to...
