Nintendo gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025, by type

In 2020, retail software revenue for Nintendo's console segment (including the Wii, Wii U, and the Nintendo Switch) amounted to 4.89 billion U.S. dollars. The majority of consumer spending on Nintendo gaming software took place in the online segment, with digital downloads, gaming subscriptions like Nintendo Online, and microtransactions generating 5.86 billion U.S. dollars during the same period. For the Japanese company, physical gaming sales have always been dominant but it is a sign of the times that even Nintendo is now making more money via digital. In the fiscal year ending March 2021, downloadable versions of packaged gaming software accounted for 59.3 percent of Nintendo's digital gaming sales.