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Gearoid Reidy

@gearoidreidy
17 posts
2025-04-02
Weird, Switch 2 will have a Japanese-only version, as well as a version that also supports other languages that's available only on the Nintendo online store. Sounds like a method to avoid scalping problems at home? [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo shares Switch 2 details: a 7.9", 120fps, 1080p display, larger Joy-Con controllers, 256GB of storage, 4K at 60fps when docked, and a new Pro Controller

Finally, some specs. … The device has a 7.9-inch screen, but it's still 13.99mm thick, like the first Switch.

Weird, Switch 2 will have a Japanese-only version, as well as a version that also supports other languages that's available only on the Nintendo online store. Sounds like a method to avoid scalping problems at home? [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
Engadget

Nintendo says the Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers have a C button for GameChat, which uses the console's built-in mic, and the Switch 2 uses microSD Express cards

The console arrives on June 5, and a new Mario Kart game will be out the same day.  —  After months of anticipation and years of speculation …

Nintendo Switch 2 Japanese version goes on sale for 49,980 yen, while the multilingual version goes on sale for an incredible 69,980 yen. Looks like different price points to combat the weak yen? [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo shares Switch 2 details: a 7.9", 120fps, 1080p display, larger Joy-Con controllers, 256GB of storage, 4K at 60fps when docked, and a new Pro Controller

Finally, some specs. … The device has a 7.9-inch screen, but it's still 13.99mm thick, like the first Switch.

Nintendo Switch 2 Japanese version goes on sale for 49,980 yen, while the multilingual version goes on sale for an incredible 69,980 yen. Looks like different price points to combat the weak yen? [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
The Verge

Nintendo says the Switch 2 will cost $450 for the console or $500 for a Mario Kart World bundle on its June 5 launch; preorders in North America open on April 9

Nintendo is finally sharing some real details about its next console. … After a reveal that was light on details …

2022-11-16
The US does create a lot more entrepreneurs that Japan it's true, but reading about an SBF “restart” I am starting to think the shame of failure is underrated https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-16 View on X
Reuters

A look at SBF's desperate efforts to raise $7B+ from Sequoia, Apollo, TPG, the Saudis, and others; FTX's internal accounting software hid FTX-Alameda transfers

As customers withdrew billions of dollars from crypto exchange FTX one frantic Sunday this month, founder Sam Bankman-Fried worked …

2022-09-02
That's ridiculous. Feels like only yesterday we were reading the endless “Android's eating Apple's lunch” doom-takes https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-02 View on X
Financial Times

Counterpoint: iPhone active installed base overtook Android to gain 50%+ share of the US smartphone market in Q2, up from 35% in 2019 and the highest since 2007

Milestone was passed in quarter ending in June, says Counterpoint Research  —  Apple has overtaken Android devices to account …

2022-08-30
“The footage, shot in what appears to be a nightclub, captures a beaming Mikitani, wearing his trademark black T-shirt, surrounded by young women and pouring Dom Pérignon champagne into the mouth of a partygoer. The video went viral.”
2022-08-30 View on X
Financial Times

Rakuten founder Hiroshi Mikitani, whose mobile business is bleeding cash, defends his reputation with investors ahead of a planned IPO of Rakuten's online bank

Financial Times : Tweets: @leemakiyama , @gearoidreidy , @ugalani , @sugiuraeri , @leemakiyama , and @gearoidreidy Tweets: Hosuk Lee-Makiyama / @leemakiyama : Rather excessive tak...

The Finnish prime minister can party in nightclubs, but a billionaire cannot? Strange times. https://www.ft.com/...
2022-08-30 View on X
Financial Times

Rakuten founder Hiroshi Mikitani, whose mobile business is bleeding cash, defends his reputation with investors ahead of a planned IPO of Rakuten's online bank

Financial Times : Tweets: @leemakiyama , @gearoidreidy , @ugalani , @sugiuraeri , @leemakiyama , and @gearoidreidy Tweets: Hosuk Lee-Makiyama / @leemakiyama : Rather excessive tak...

2022-01-29
Just hours after this report, SoftBank has announced that COO Marcelo Claure will step down. Another fascinating insight into the difference in thinking around executive salaries between Japan and the west. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-01-29 View on X
CNBC

SoftBank confirms COO Marcelo Claure, who was also SoftBank Group International's CEO, is leaving after nine years; Michel Combes will be the new CEO

Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC :

2022-01-28
Just hours after this report, SoftBank has announced that COO Marcelo Claure will step down. Another fascinating insight into the difference in thinking around executive salaries between Japan and the west. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-01-28 View on X
CNBC

SoftBank confirms COO Marcelo Claure is leaving the company after nine years and names Michel Combes as CEO of SoftBank Group International

Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC :

2021-12-17
People who know Japan know that things change slowly here - but they do change. The startup scene is unrecognizable now from 10 or 15 years ago, with an increasing virtuous cycle of success stories. Keep your eye on this growing space. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-12-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Research: Japanese startups raised a record $3B+ in H1 2021, up from $2.37B in H1 2020, as China's crackdown leads SoftBank and others to invest in the country

Gearoid Reidy / Bloomberg : Tweets: @gearoidreidy Tweets: @gearoidreidy : People who know Japan know that things change slowly here - but they do change. The startup scene is unre...

2021-09-02
Wow look at the Japan Fair Trade Commission out here getting results https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology
2021-09-02 View on X
Apple

Apple will let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing an antitrust investigation by Japan

Apple will let developers of “reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year

2021-01-08
Rough day over at the Hyundai PR department, who had to revise a statement — twice — that initially confirmed it was in talks with Apple on self-driving cars. The last version of the statement contained no reference to Apple at all. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-01-08 View on X
CNBC

Hyundai confirms that it is in early discussions with Apple on collaborating to develop a self-driving car, and says Apple is in talks with several car makers

- South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor said it's in the early stages of discussions with Apple over potentially working together to develop an electric car.

2020-09-13
Speaking of QR codes, this is a great dive into @masason's attempts to dominate cashless payments in Japan by spending vast amounts of money to make PayPay the dominant competitor. QR codes are awful, but I will accept that they are superior to cash. https://asia.nikkei.com/...
2020-09-13 View on X
Nikkei Asian Review

The public's phobia of touching cash amid COVID-19 could help SoftBank popularize mobile payments in cash-addicted Japan; SoftBank has invested $1B+ in PayPay

Masayoshi Son zeros in on Japan, where he is ready to lose billions in a battle to conquer cash Tweets: @nar , @_manish_sharma_ , @rishigautam2011 , @nar , @appurv_gupta , @nar , @...

2020-07-04
Wow, you can finally hail an Uber* in Tokyo as of today * it's actually just a taxi but still https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2020-07-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Uber partners with three local cab companies to launch a taxi dispatch service in Tokyo, six years after entering Japan

Bloomberg :

2020-01-29
Apple 1Q sales in Japan were down about 10% y/y after the government introduced new rules on discounting handsets in an attempt to cut mobile phone bills. Interesting that it impacted Apple that much. https://www.apple.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-29 View on X
Apple

Apple reports record first quarter results

iPhone, Wearables & Services Drive All-Time Record Revenue and Earnings  —  Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 first quarter ended December 28, 2019.  The ...

2019-09-12
Big scoop out of NHK overnight - SoftBank unit Yahoo Japan will buy Zozo, the online fashion mall of Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa @yousuck2020 aka the guy going to the moon in @elonmusk 's rocket. pic.twitter.com/wDSP1T1pBc
2019-09-12 View on X
Nikkei Asian Review

Yahoo Japan agreed to issue a tender offer for a 50.1% stake in Japan's largest online fashion retailer, Zozotown; the deal will be worth up to $3.7B

Nikkei Asian Review :