In 2020, retail software revenue for Nintendo's console segment (including the Wii, Wii U, and the Nintendo Switch) amounted to 4.89 billion U.S. dollars. The majority of consumer spending on Nintendo gaming software took place in the online segment, with digital downloads, gaming subscriptions like Nintendo Online, and microtransactions generating 5.86 billion U.S. dollars during the same period. For the Japanese company, physical gaming sales have always been dominant but it is a sign of the times that even Nintendo is now making more money via digital. In the fiscal year ending March 2021, downloadable versions of packaged gaming software accounted for 59.3 percent of Nintendo's digital gaming sales.
Nintendo gaming software sales revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by type
(in million U.S. dollars)
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DFC Intelligence. (August 9, 2021). Nintendo gaming software sales revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/
DFC Intelligence. "Nintendo gaming software sales revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by type (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/
DFC Intelligence. (2021). Nintendo gaming software sales revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by type (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/
DFC Intelligence. "Nintendo Gaming Software Sales Revenue Worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by Type (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/
DFC Intelligence, Nintendo gaming software sales revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by type (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/ (last visited December 27, 2024)
Nintendo gaming software sales revenue worldwide from 2012 to 2025, by type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], DFC Intelligence, August 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/
