Nintendo says the success of its new Switch console will help it to double annual profits.
It has become the fastest-selling games console in the Japanese firm's history, with 2.7 million units bought in March - the first month it was available.
But Nintendo's profit estimate of 65bn yen ($583.9m; £453m) for the year to March 2018 was below market forecasts.
Like other console makers, Nintendo is having to counter the rise of the smartphone as a tool for gaming.
And because - unlike Sony and Microsoft - Nintendo relies on games and consoles for almost all its sales, it is arguably more vulnerable to this trend.
Does gaming on phones really cannibalize gaming on consoles and PCs, or is it in addition to?
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Friday April 28 2017, @08:01AM (1 child)
No, I don't know any PC gamers that exclusively run a couple of games and never touch them again. Consoles however have little general purpose, Netflix sure but web browser? Without a keyboard and mouse you gotta be kidding!
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @12:34PM
I've known people that will specifically upgrade or pay the Window's tax so that they can play a certain game. Now, they also typically will play other games as well but that is also the case for consoles.
As for general use, there were some that would end up using their gaming rig for heavy duty video/image/sound editing but the majority just let that extra power sit unused as they browse the internet.