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posted by n1 on Friday April 28 2017, @05:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the distracted-reality dept.

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?


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @04:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @04:12PM (#501199)

    Do people realize there are many awesome games on the Wii U

    But there are not very many games games for Wii U that aren't also on other systems. Other systems that have way more selection than the Wii U does.

    I suspect that all the best games for the Wii U are actually just Wii games.

    And I'm personally totally geeked out over Xenoblade Chronicles 2. What they did on the Wii was astounding! Can't wait for it on the Switch!

    I have and love Xenoblade on the Wii, but I was quite disappointed by Xenoblade X on the Wii U.

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