Nintendo cuts Switch sales forecast after chips shortage

Nintendo cuts Switch sales forecast after chips shortage

Nintendo Co. cut its fiscal-year forecast for Switch console sales by 10% to 19 million after reporting earnings in line with expectations. The Kyoto-based company said its operating profit was 118.7 billion yen ($809 million) in the quarter ended September, up from 100.2 billion yen in the same period a year ago. The consensus estimate […]

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Splatoon shows Nintendo is more than just nostalgia

Splatoon shows Nintendo is more than just nostalgia

Move over Mario. Nintendo Co. has a new mascot in the form of the shape-changing, ink-splattering, squid-like Inklings of its latest Switch smash hit. Splatoon 3, the newest iteration of its team shooter franchise, sold 3.45 million copies in its first three days on sale in Japan. That’s made it Nintendo’s fastest-ever seller in the […]

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom announced: Here’s what we know so far

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom announced: Here’s what we know so far

At this year’s Nintendo Direct, the company finally revealed the name and the launch date of the next instalment in the celebrated The Legend of Zelda series. Called The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the upcoming game is the sequel to Breath of the Wild and will be exclusive to Nintendo Switch. In […]

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Nintendo Switch sales slump on chip shortage

Nintendo Switch sales slump on chip shortage

Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd sold 23% fewer Switch consoles in the April-June quarter than a year earlier following chip shortages, it said on Wednesday. The Kyoto-based gaming company said it expected procurement to improve “from late summer towards autumn” and maintained its forecast to sell 21 million units in the year through end-March 2023. “Demand […]

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Augmented reality shouldn’t feel like it’s slapped onto a game experience: Niantic

Augmented reality shouldn’t feel like it’s slapped onto a game experience: Niantic

“There have been many other games that have tried to just sort of copy and paste the Pokémon Go concept on their IP. I don’t think it works that well,” Archit Bhargava, Director, Worldwide Product Marketing – Niantic, Inc, explains why the industry has not been able to produce another hit augmented reality (AR) mobile […]

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