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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remastered" has started well, and the price increase of Switch2 has not significantly slowed down the sales momentum. However, Nintendo has yet to announce specific sales figures for the game.
Shuntaro Furukawa said during the question and answer session of the latest financial briefing that Switch 2 has been successfully popularized for about a year and a half since its launch in June last year, and the installed base has exceeded 25 million units. The release of "Pokémon: Pokopia" in March this year drove global hardware sales and helped the company enter the new fiscal year with good momentum.
The Switch 2 hit $500 earlier this year. Nintendo believes that the actual impact of the price adjustment is not large at present. Consumers have been fully informed in advance, and there are a variety of software and hardware packages on the market to choose from.
The recent Legend of Zelda series has also provided support for sales. Nintendo said that the special edition Switch 2 designed for the series' 40th anniversary has received "very positive" market response and driven strong sales in multiple regions. Circana said the console helped Nintendo set sales records in the United States; analysts said "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remastered" had the largest physical launch in the UK so far this year.
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