Nintendo Switch China sales could reach four million by March, analyst says

Nintendo and its local partner Tencent Holdings Ltd began selling the Switch console in China on Dec 10, a move that has excited Nintendo investors hopeful of tapping a new market. — Bloomberg

Only a few days after Nintendo Co’s Switch made its long-anticipated entry into China, one analyst is making a bullish case for Mario and Zelda’s prospects in the world’s biggest gaming arena.

Nintendo could sell as many as four million Switch units in China in the fiscal year ending March and 12 million units of software, London-based tech equity researcher Pelham Smithers wrote in a note to clients. That could add as much as 23bil yen (RM880.46mil) to the Kyoto-based company’s full-year operating profit, Smithers said.