Nintendo, the Japanese company sales are still soaring when the firm posted another round of epic earnings Thursday. It is proving that its hot streak from the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. The video game and electronics company stated that it made $1.37 billion (145 billion yen) in operating profit for the quarter ended in June, marking a surge of 428 percent compared to the same duration the previous year.

Nintendo said it made 145 billion yen ($1.37 billion) in operating profit for the quarter ended June, marking a 428% surge compared to the same time a year ago. The company also doubled sales from a year ago, taking in about 358 billion yen ($3.4 billion). https://t.co/Etq3Kwsyyr

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That blew away hopes from experts, who previously projected around $3.4 billion (three hundred and fifty-eight billion yen), according to the statistics of Refinitiv. Nintendo also doubled its sales from one year ago, taking in around $3.4 billion (358 billion yen). These results show that months into the outbreak, people are still using the game console, Nintendo Switch, in droves. Nintendo sold around 5.7 million of the devices during April and June, marking a 167 percent surge year-over-year.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a bonus factor for Nintendo

The blockbusting success of “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” continued to be a bonus for the tech firm. This game set on relaxing virtual island utopia and allows players to fish, catch germs and play with friends on the virtual beach, runs on the Switch, and in high demand since people globally started staying home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nintendo sold about 10.6 million copies of the game in the current quarter.

The company stated that sales of this title continue to strong with zero loss of momentum. Further, it adds that the game was its bestseller this running quarter, which eventually contributes majorly to the overall growth in software sales. On the whole, Nintendo sold around 22.4 million copies of “Animal crossing,” putting it just under best-selling gale of all time of the company such as “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.” That title racked up around 26.7 million sales of Nintendo.

The Switch, which previously released in 2017, sold out on several websites earlier 2020 as people twisted to find new ways of home entertainment. This spring, the game firm ran into supply issues with the Switch as plants closed in China. Those closings generated some component shortages and reduced production at factories in Vietnam. Furthermore, Nintendo said that the overall output situation nearly recovered. It also took the opportunity to tease its games’ pipeline.

This 2020 fall, the company plans to release a new title such as “Pikmin 3 Deluxe,” besides offering some latest content for Pokémon players. Last month, it also released a new Switch game, “Paper Mario: The Origami King.” Nintendo states that they will work to keep the gaming platform active with new and latest titles as well as by strengthening sales of popular titles that released previously.

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