Nintendo has released its earnings for the April-June quarter, and keeping in mind that the figures would ordinarily be strong for what’s typically a slow period, revenue and profit are both down contrasted with a year prior. That is maybe not surprising given the organization was then riding a surge in demand for video games during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and had recently released the mega-hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

By examination, Switch hardware sales were down 21.7 percent to 4.45 million units, and software sales diminished 10.2 percent to 45.29 million units. Nintendo has now sold 89.04 million Switch consoles in total; for comparison, the PS5 just hit 10 million. Revenue diminished 9.9 percent to 322.6 billion yen ($2.94 billion), while operating profit was 119.6 billion yen ($1.09 billion), a 17.3-percent decay year-on-year.

In contrast to last year, when Nintendo sold in excess of 10 million copies of Animal Crossing to almost double its figures from the past quarter, there weren’t any blockbuster Switch titles to rely upon. New Pokémon Snap sold 2.07 million copies outside Japan (the game is published by The Pokémon Company in its home market) and Mario Golf: Super Rush sold 1.34 million — Animal Crossing, in the interim, added an extra 1.26 million copies to its aggregate. It’s presently sold almost 34 million copies around the world.

Nintendo’s greatest release this current quarter is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, which came out last month. The organization can expect a lift in Switch hardware sales next quarter because of the launch of the new OLED model in October, despite the fact that it isn’t acquiring the generally expected update power. Nintendo’s slate of games for that exceedingly significant holiday quarter incorporates Metroid Dread, WarioWare: Get It Together, Mario Party Superstars, and remakes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.