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The Nintendo Switch has been named America's fastest-selling home games console.
A total of 4.8 million units were sold in the US during the 10 months following the Switch's launch there on 3 March last year.
The Switch breaks tradition with the firm's previous home consoles in allowing owners to use it as a portable console for game-playing on the move.
One analyst said Nintendo had completely turned its business around.
The previous record for the fastest-selling console in the US was Nintendo's Wii, launched in 2006, which went on to be one of the top-selling consoles in history worldwide.
However, the company's next offering - the Wii U - fared much more poorly.
As a consequence, Nintendo had been under considerable pressure to deliver a popular device this time around.
What if you don't like Mario or Zelda?
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Sunday January 07 2018, @02:19PM
NetHack is copylefted, under what appears to be an early version of the GNU General Public License [nethack.org]. Nintendo consoles generally have rules against copylefted game engines, as made public in the case of Pajama Sam for Wii using ScummVM [slashdot.org]. But if it's roguelikes you're after, you might want to look at The Flame in the Flood and the roguelike category on a fan news site [switchplayer.net].