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Nintendo is seeing significant growth outside of Japan
Read More »Asia is Nintendo’s fastest-growing market, with sales outside of Japan growing 152% this fiscal year
The Switch sees the second-best October sales of any console ever in the US
The Nintendo Switch and the Switch Lite sold a combined 735,000 units in the US in October, making it the second-highest selling console in October in US history.
Read More »Switch sales soar under pandemic to 68.3m units lifetime
With Nintendo’s first-party attach rate hitting an incredible 6.7 units per console
Read More »Mother and son sue Nintendo for $5m over Joy-Con drift
Defendant continues to market and sell the products with full knowledge of the defect and without disclosing the Joy-Con Drift defect to consumers in its marketing, promotion, or packaging,"
Read More »Nintendo sued over Joy-Con drift in planned obsolescence claim
French consumer organisation UFC-Que Choisir has announced that it is suing Nintendo for planned obsolescence and anti-consumer practices
Read More »UK retailer criticises Nintendo for “woefully short” allocation of Super Mario 3D All-Stars as it cancels pre-orders
"We have just been notified of our allocation of Super Mario 3D All-stars (Nintendo Switch) and it is woefully short."
Read More »Upgraded Switch console to come early next year says Taiwan’s UDN.com – Likely to use custom-built Nvidia chipset
Nvidia-designed SoC the most likely solution to upgrade quandary says Digital Foundry
Read More »“I literally cannot sell units on Switch. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes me really sad for the eShop.” – Why indies are struggling to be seen on the Switch eShop
"I literally cannot sell units on Switch. It’s heartbreaking, and it makes me really sad for the eShop."
Read More »Read the August issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring the launch of this year’s Women in Games Awards, Ukie’s Dr Jo Twist, Crayta and State Share and much more
also OFCOM, Planet Coaster, fixing the eShop, Press Engine, Antstream and Metro 2033
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Japan’s best selling game of the year so far, selling over 5m units
The game has sold over 5 million units in Japan, making it the best-selling game of the year so far.
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