What this is
How Nintendo counts game copies in its results: boxed copies plus downloads sold alongside them, excluding download-only copies and add-on content.
How it’s built
- Read from the note in Nintendo’s summary of results for the year to March 2022.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
The wording is identical to the year to March 2023 filing, so launch-year figures for Sun/Moon, Sword/Shield, Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, Arceus and Scarlet/Violet are on the same basis.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
ソフトの販売数量は、パッケージソフト及びパッケージ併売ダウンロードソフトの数量であり、ダウンロード専用ソフト及び追加コンテンツは含みません。 (Software units are package plus package-bundled download software, excluding download-only software and add-on content.)