Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2019
Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2019 Thank you for making time to attend. I am Shuntaro Furukawa, President of Nintendo. Mr. Takahashi, Senior Fiscal Year Ended March 2019 Executive Officer, has just presented our financial results for the period. Now, I will cover the current Financial Results Briefing business situation, as well as the business outlook for April 26, 2019 Nintendo Co., Ltd. the new fiscal year. Director and President Shuntaro Furukawa I’ll start with the current state of the Nintendo Switch business. Nintendo Switch has continued to gain momentum after January subsequent to the holiday Current State of the season. Business is going well, and we expect continued Nintendo Switch Business growth. Let me discuss these points in order. Nintendo Switch Console Sell-Through (JP/NA/EU) As mentioned at the February corporate management 8 FY Ended March 2019 policy briefing, sales of the Nintendo Switch system 7 FY Ended March 2018 6 were strong during the holiday season, and sell-through 5 4 +35% has continued to be solid through the start of this year. 3 2 This slide shows combined sell-through for the 1 Japanese, North American, and European markets. As 0 April July October January (million through through through through units) June September December March Source: Nintendo , Media Create you can see, sell-through from January to March was 35% higher than the same period of the previous year. Note: Sell-through refers to units sold by retailers to consumers. 1 Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2019 Nintendo Switch Console Sell-Through (JP/NA/EU) This graph shows cumulative sell-through trends 16 throughout the full fiscal year combined for Japan, North 14 FY Ended March 2019 +23% 12 America, and Europe.
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