Nintendo has closed out the first quarter of its 2018 fiscal year, reporting an overall 88.4 percent increase in profit year-over-year, along with a 9 percent increase in net sales.
For the three month period ending June 30, 2018, Nintendo reported 30.5 billion yen (~$272.8 million) in profit, up from 16.2 billion yen (~$144.9 million) reported the preceding year. Sales also saw a year-over-year increase, rising from 154 billion yen (~$1.4 billion) to 168.1 billion yen (~$1.5 billion).
While that sales figure includes all hardware and software sales across Nintendo’s different platforms, the company notes specifically that digital games and add-on content for the Switch brought in 18.5 billion yen (~$165. 5 million) on its own, a 68 percen…
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