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title: "Wall Street Journal – Nintendo’s 20 million goal is realistic"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/wall-street-journal-nintendos-20-million-goal-is-realistic/"
description: "The Wall Street Journal’s Takashi Mochizuki has reported on some encouraging news for Nintendo."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-01-19 21:11:22"
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Wall Street Journal - Nintendo’s 20 million goal is realistic | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Wall Street Journal – Nintendo’s 20 million goal is realistic](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/wall-street-journal-nintendos-20-million-goal-is-realistic.jpg "Wall Street Journal – Nintendo’s 20 million goal is realistic")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/wall-street-journal-nintendos-20-million-goal-is-realistic.jpg)The Wall Street Journal’s Takashi Mochizuki has reported on some encouraging news for Nintendo.

> My latest Nintendo story: Nintendo's goal of selling 20 million Switch forecast in FY18 a long shot? Maybe not so anymore, say analysts. Some expect firm sold more than 10 million units in Oct-Dec quarter alone. [pic.twitter.com/lcYZ7yWnvu](https://t.co/lcYZ7yWnvu)
>
> — Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi\_wsj) [January 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/1085397602668081152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## [](#milestone-goal)Milestone goal

Last year, the company decided that their goal would be to sell 20.000,000 Switch consoles worldwide by the end of the fiscal year. Well, according to Mochizuki’s report, analysts are increasingly believing that this goal is now realistic.

The analysts say that “holiday demand was unexpectedly good”. Previously, many of them had though that this goal “was a long shot”.

What do you think will Nintendo keep the momentum going and reach this milestone goal of theirs?

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