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Nintendo's console-handheld hybrid now sits at 79.87 million lifetime sales, putting it over the 10-year old Nintendo 3DS, with 75.94 million units sold.
Read More »The Nintendo Switch has now outsold the 3DS
Nintendo acquires Luigi’s Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games
Luigi’s Mansion 3 sold 7.83m copies sold globally at last count
Read More »Nintendo closes “100 per cent off” eShop charts loophole
Nintendo has closed a loophole on the Switch's eShop, which allowed titles to appear on top of the store's top charting games by gaming the system.
Read More »Does Nintendo, Sony and Xbox’s ‘Shared Commitment to Safer Gaming’ go far enough?
Platform holders can do more and be more transparent, although it must also be remembered that online discourse will always be tricky to police – just ask Facebook or Twitter
Read More »Asia is Nintendo’s fastest-growing market, with sales outside of Japan growing 152% this fiscal year
Nintendo is seeing significant growth outside of Japan
Read More »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 »Mother and son sue Nintendo for $5m over Joy-Con drift
Defendant continues to market and sell the products with full knowledge of the defect and without disclosing the Joy-Con Drift defect to consumers in its marketing, promotion, or packaging,"
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 »UK retailer criticises Nintendo for “woefully short” allocation of Super Mario 3D All-Stars as it cancels pre-orders
"We have just been notified of our allocation of Super Mario 3D All-stars (Nintendo Switch) and it is woefully short."
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