{
  "id": 18343156,
  "title": "Nintendo reports profit is up 11%, but sales slipped for the first half of the fiscal year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nintendo-reports-profit-is-up-11-but-sales-slipped-for-the-first-half",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T16:32:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91636371/nintendo-reports-profit-up-11-but-sales-slipped-first-half-fiscal-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japanese video-game company Nintendo disclosed on Thursday that it posted an 11% increase in net profit for the first half of its fiscal year, despite a 12% drop in sales. Based in Kyoto, the company reported a profit of 220.9 billion yen ($1.4 billion) for the six months ending September, up from nearly 199 billion yen in the comparable period a year earlier. Sales for the same period declined 12% to 966 billion yen.\n\nNintendo, a maker of popular games such as Pokemon, Super Mario, and Legend of Zelda, sold 1.27 million Switch game consoles and 6.49 million Switch 2 machines during the six-month period. The company noted strong sales for \"Star Fox\" and \"Splatoon Raiders\" released during this time, while earlier releases like \"Mario Kart World\" remained popular. Digital sales, including those from downloadable games, continued to rise. The success of \"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\" a 2026 animated film, also contributed to the company's financial performance.\n\nTypically, technology companies, including Nintendo, record their highest sales during the holiday season of Christmas and New Year's. However, Nintendo did not provide breakdowns of quarterly earnings. The company maintained its full fiscal year projections for the period ending March 2027 at a profit of 310 billion yen, down nearly 27% from the previous fiscal year, on sales of 2 trillion yen, down 11%.\n\nLike other tech firms, Nintendo faces challenges due to a shortage of computer chips and rising prices resulting from the global surge in artificial intelligence. Nintendo's shares increased by 6.3% on Thursday in Tokyo.",
  "summary": "Japanese video-game maker Nintendo reported Thursday an 11% improvement in its net profit in the first half of the fiscal year, although its sales declined during that period. Kyoto-based Nintendo Co.’s April-September profit rose to 220.9 billion yen ($1.4 billion) from nearly 199 billion yen in the same period a year earlier. Sales during the six months slipped 12% to 966 billion yen. Nintendo,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}