Nintendo hikes Switch 2 forecast to 19 million units

By Sam Nussey

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nintendo on Tuesday hiked its sales forecast for the Switch 2 gaming device to 19 million units for the financial year ending March 2026 from 15 million units previously.

The Kyoto-based gaming company also raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 16% to 370 billion yen ($2.45 billion).

Investors have been weighing the likely strength of sales momentum for the hybrid home-portable gaming device since its launch in June.

The successor to the hit home-portable Switch went on sale in the midst of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, testing Nintendo's supply chain management.

Nintendo has sold 10.3 million Switch 2 units as at September-end, supported by titles including "Mario Kart World" and "Donkey Kong Bonanza".

The company's operating profit ratio in the first half of the year was 13.2% compared to 23.2% in the same period a year earlier.

Games to underpin demand into the key year-end shopping period include "Pokemon Legends: Z-A" and "Kirby Air Riders".

"The first holiday shopping season will be a key proving ground and we are maintaining good momentum towards that," Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said at earnings briefing.

Nintendo's shares closed down 0.8% ahead of the earnings release and have gained roughly 40% year-to-date.

($1 = 150.7800 yen)

(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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