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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday January 07 2018, @03:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-electrician-needed dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Sunday January 07 2018, @03:45AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday January 07 2018, @03:45AM (#618999) Journal

    They are on the same commodity hardware path as Xbox and Sony. Nintendo should be able to drop in a newer Nvidia Tegra SoC every 3 years or so to improve power consumption and performance. Which is somewhat more critical for them since unlike the 4K!!!!!!! Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, the Switch is portable and could always use more battery life.

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