Nintendo reports Q3 revenue down ~33% YoY to ~$2.8B, net profit down ~33% YoY to ~$831M, both below est, 4.8M Switch sales, and cuts Switch and profit forecasts
The Kyoto-based company now expects ¥280 billion ($1.8 billion) in operating income in the fiscal year to March, slashing more than a fifth from its prior forecast.
An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more
Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand.
Sony plans to lay off around 900 employees, or 8% of its global workforce, at its PlayStation division, and will close PlayStation's London Studio
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Omdia: Nintendo plans to introduce a new Switch gaming console in 2024 with an 8" LCD screen; the current seven-year-old Switch has sold over 132M units
- The next console from Kyoto company to have 8-inch LCD — Seven-year-old Switch console has sold over 132 million units
Nintendo Q1: revenue up 50% YoY to ~$3.2B and net profit up 52% YoY to ~$1.3B, driven by The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the new Zelda, and Switch sales up 13.9%
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Kyoto-based Kyocera plans to spend ~$470M over six years on a new chip materials plant in Nagasaki prefecture, its first domestic production facility since 2005
Nikkei Asia :
Didi and SoftBank will launch ride-hailing service in Japan this year, matching users to existing taxi fleets, starting in Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Chuxing will set up a venture with SoftBank Group Corp to provide ride-hailing …
Sources: Nintendo plans to release a Zelda game for smartphones following an Animal Crossing game that's slated to ship in the second half of 2017
Nintendo plans to offer its game “The Legend of Zelda” for smartphones in the second half of the year, the Kyoto company's latest effort to expand its mobile-games lineup.