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Nintendo plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year after shipping roughly 21 million Switch consoles in the year ending March, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bloomberg
Nintendo will ramp up output of the Switch to about 30 million units this fiscal year, Nikkei has learned, marking an all-time high for the flagship gaming device in a bid to capitalize on continuing stay-at-home demand.
Nikkei Electronics Asia
Sales of Nintendo's Switch gaming consoles have surpassed those of their predecessor - the 3DS - despite being available for a much shorter period.
BBC News
It's a good time to crave a gaming handheld
The Verge
This includes efforts to fight hate and harassment.
engadget
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are investing more heavily in software, subscriptions and content.
CNBC
The tablet had its best October ever, ahead of the next-gen launches
The Verge
Nintendo said Thursday it has stopped making the 3DS family of systems, and it has updated the 3DS and 2DS Japanese product pages, which say that the items are out of production.
CNN
Nintendo has looked into including more computing power and 4K graphics in the new Switch model, according to a Bloomberg report.
CNBC
Nintendo has condemned alleged abuse by well-known competitive gamers as "absolutely impermissible".
BBC News
It's aiming for output of 22 million units this fiscal year
Bloomberg
Nintendo is likely to struggle to supply sufficient Switch consoles to its US and European markets as soon as April due to a production bottleneck caused by the coronavirus outbreak, according to people with knowledge of the company's supply chain.
Bloomberg
Microsoft no longer sees PlayStation-maker Sony and Nintendo as the biggest competition for its Xbox platform.
BBC News
Nintendo said production and deliveries of some of its products, including its flagship Switch console, will be delayed due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
CNBC
The Nintendo Switch has become the company's third best-selling home console, overtaking the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
BBC News
Today, Nintendo released its financials for April to December 2019.
Kotaku
'We do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program.'
The Verge
You can even play NVIDIA-exclusive mobile games.
engadget
Nintendo has announced a new Switch bundle for Japan that ties into the popular Disney Tsum-Tsum franchise.
The Verge
New Nintendo Switch models are on the way, sources say, and they won't cost you an arm and a leg.
Digital Trends
Yet another source claims that Nintendo will launch a cheaper Switch model this summer.
BGR
To Nintendo, the innovative part of Labo VR isn't the screen, it's the inputs.
CNET
China's Tencent has won a key approval to start selling the Nintendo Switch in the country, paving the way for the console to enter the world's largest video games market two years after it was first released worldwide.
Reuters
And 'Quality of Life' is apparently dead
The Verge
Nintendo cut its forecast for the Switch in the fiscal year, saying it will now sell only 17 million Switch units by March 31, rather than 20 million.
Venturebeat
The company has apparently looked at producing a Game Boy-like case that would turn your mobile device into a working version of the classic handheld console, complete with D-pad, buttons, the whole thing.
BGR
WSJ cites "suppliers," admits most hardware specifics have not yet been locked down.
Ars Technica
It's a time of optimism and transition at Nintendo, where brisk sales of the Switch have bolstered its bottom line and new leadership signals a fresh approach to the market. Shuntaro Furukawa, the new president, told the Nikkei that one of his plans is to pursue mobile gaming with more vigor, aiming to build it into a billion-dollar business.
TechCrunch
Nintendo's latest videogame machine, the Nintendo Switch, is winning fans for both its lineup of popular games and its flexibility-it works as both a living-room console and a hand-held device.
Wall Street Journal
Nintendo will release its long-awaited new console, the Nintendo Switch, on 3 March. It will cost US$299.99 in the US and JPY29,980 yen in Japan.
BBC News
Gamers in Japan, home of Nintendo's Pokemon, are still impatiently awaiting the launch of the smash-hit Pokemon GO game but the government is already preparing for an invasion of little cartoon monsters, issuing a safety warning.
Huffington Post
Japanese newspaper Nikkei has published a rumor that the Wii U will soon be ceasing production to make way for the upcoming NX. Nintendo is now denying that report.
Kotaku
Long-serving Nintendo executive Tatsumi Kimishima will be appointed president of the firm following the death in July of Satoru Iwata.
BBC News
Japanese videogame maker Nintendo made its first annual operating profit in four years, which beat its forecast as well as the market's.
BBC News
Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has issued a profit warning amid weaker-than-expected Wii U console sales.
BBC News
Japan's Renesas Electronics said Friday it will close a plant that makes system LSI chips for Nintendo's game consoles and other consumer electronics after failing to find a buyer for the facility in Tsuruoka in northern Japan.
Reuters
Nintendo's new Wii U console had a tough holiday launch, and its 3DS handheld continues to struggle.
PC World
The Black Friday glad tidings from consumer electronics makers continued on Tuesday, with Sony announcing a big rise in US sales and Microsoft reporting a record week for its Xbox 360 console and Kinect controller. The news followed Nintendo's announcement on Monday of receord sales of its Wii and 3DS gaming machines.
The Financial Times
Nintendo has forecast its first annual loss in at least 30 years after the yen reached a postwar high and the new 3DS console had weaker-than-expected sales.
Bloomberg (via Businessweek)
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