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Nintendo is seeing significant growth outside of Japan
Read More »Asia is Nintendo’s fastest-growing market, with sales outside of Japan growing 152% this fiscal year
The Switch sees the second-best October sales of any console ever in the US
The Nintendo Switch and the Switch Lite sold a combined 735,000 units in the US in October, making it the second-highest selling console in October in US history.
Read More »Switch sales soar under pandemic to 68.3m units lifetime
With Nintendo’s first-party attach rate hitting an incredible 6.7 units per console
Read More »The Nintendo Switch will outsell next-gen consoles this Christmas, claims analyst
Nintendo likely to have the upper hand due to next-gen hardware shortages
Read More »Nintendo sued over Joy-Con drift in planned obsolescence claim
French consumer organisation UFC-Que Choisir has announced that it is suing Nintendo for planned obsolescence and anti-consumer practices
Read More »Kwalee pivots to console with its first-ever Nintendo Switch release
Hyper-casual mobile publisher Kwalee is set to release its first ever console title, with TENS! hitting Nintendo Switch this year.
Read More »Upgraded Switch console to come early next year says Taiwan’s UDN.com – Likely to use custom-built Nvidia chipset
Nvidia-designed SoC the most likely solution to upgrade quandary says Digital Foundry
Read More »“I literally cannot sell units on Switch. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes me really sad for the eShop.” – Why indies are struggling to be seen on the Switch eShop
"I literally cannot sell units on Switch. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes me really sad for the eShop."
Read More »Over half of gamers intend to buy a next-gen console within three months of launch – with the PS5 the clear favourite
When asked to choose which upcoming console they were most excited about, 84 per cent named PlayStation 5, compared to 15 per cent who are most anticipating Xbox Series X.
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Japan’s best selling game of the year so far, selling over 5m units
The game has sold over 5 million units in Japan, making it the best-selling game of the year so far.
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