Tag: Nintendo Switch
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Sales growth for the Nintendo Switch has begun to slow significantly
In the recently announced full-year financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2023, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa stated that sales growth for the Nintendo Switch, now in its seventh year, has begun to slow significantly. As a result, the company has adjusted its projected sales figures for the fiscal year ending March 2024 to…
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Steam Deck has shipped more than 3.47 million units
Market research firm Omdia reports that Valve’s Steam Deck, launched in 2022, accumulated sales of 1.62 million units, with an additional 1.85 million units sold thus far in 2023, reflecting a 14% growth and a total of 3.47 million units. Thanks to its support for the custom Steam OS and the option to install Windows,…
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Nintendo offers free repairs for Switch Joy-Con drift issues in European and American regions
Since its release, the Nintendo Switch has consistently struggled with the issue of Joy-Con drift, a phenomenon in which many users have discovered that their Joy-Con controllers execute unintended in-game actions or even move characters without being touched. Numerous DIY repair methods have surfaced online, and some consumers have even initiated lawsuits against Nintendo. Recently,…
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Nintendo Switch is expected to ship 21 million units this fiscal year
It has been six years since Nintendo Switch was released, and it has been selling well since its release. Most of the time, it has maintained a relatively high sales volume. The long-term hot sales even caused shortages in some regions. Such a strong vitality can be said to be unexpected. According to Bloomberg, Nintendo…
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Nintendo Switch cumulative sales surpass PS4 in North America
Nintendo Switch has been selling well since its release, and Nintendo does not need to increase sales through promotions such as price cuts. Previously, Nintendo officially stated that the Nintendo Switch has come to the mid-point of its lifecycle. Recently, NPD Group provided sales data for April 2022, showing that Nintendo has reached a new…
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Nintendo warns that the new version of the Switch will have a burn-in problem
In early July, without the slightest warm-up and press conference, the new Nintendo Switch OLED version was officially released. It is reported that the Switch OLED version will be on sale on October 8th, priced at $350. It is reported that the new version of the Switch screen is upgraded to a 7-inch OLED screen.…
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Nintendo will release an upgraded version of Nintendo Switch in September this year
The news that Nintendo will launch a new version of the Nintendo Switch has been circulating for a long time. The general news is that this game console, which may be called Nintendo Switch Pro, will support DLSS technology and achieve 4K resolution output in TV mode. It will also be equipped with a Samsung…
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Nintendo has sold 85 million Switch portable videogame consoles
Recently, Nintendo of Japan announced its March 2021 financial report. Simply put, it is a summary of the annual sales from April 2020 to March 2021. It can be seen that a total of 84.59 million game consoles were sold. Hardware unit sales for the entire Nintendo Switch family of systems rose by 37.1% year-on-year…
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Developers successfully bring Android ROM to the Nintendo Switch
Developers of the XDA Forum have posted a message that they can already use the Nintendo Switch to run Android and most of the features are still supported. The currently adopted version is mainly LineageOS 15.1, which is based on the Android 8.1 Oreo. Basic Android features can be used and even support Google’s various…
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Google Chrome will support Nintendo Switch controllers
Google will announce a number of new projects at GDC 2019, the Game Developers Conference, but some interesting content has arrived before. The code change log shows that Google Chrome will provide native support for the Switch controller, although this change is currently pending submission. The main purpose of this change is to provide support…