Nintendo hikes sales forecast of Switch console to 15.5 million units

Nintendo has kept players interested in its ageing Switch console series through key games with characters such as Super Mario and Zelda. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Nintendo said on Tuesday it now expects to sell 15.5 million of its flagship Switch consoles in its current fiscal year, upping a previous forecast, after … Read more

Nintendo Switch 2 console coming in 2024, analysts say

Nintendo said domestic sales of Splatoon 3 hit a record in the first three days of the game being on sale. Splatoon 3 proved to be a hit in Japan, helping keep momentum for Nintendo’s ageing Switch console. Philip Fong | AFP | Getty Images Nintendo is likely to release a new Switch console this … Read more

Public gaming companies sit on $45 billion cash hoard, Konvoy says

Gamers play the video game “Star Wars Battlefront II” during the “Paris Games Week” on Oct. 31, 2017. Chesno Publicly listed gaming companies are sitting on a $45 billion pile of cash and cash equivalents — and that could lead to greater consolidation in the $188 billion video games market, according to a new report … Read more

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK regulator CMA

Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Britain’s top competition watchdog on Friday gave the green light to Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion takeover of gaming firm Activision Blizzard, removing the last major hurdle for the deal to close. … Read more

Japan launches Prime 150 shares benchmark to assist buyers establish worth

Japan launched a brand new inventory index on Monday, making it simpler for buyers to establish company worth within the fairness markets, in a transfer to strengthen company governance reforms on the earth’s third-largest economic system. The brand new JPX Prime 150 Index is a curated record of the 150 constituent listings on the Tokyo … Read more

Japan Topix at highest level since 1990

A basic view exhibits the skyline of the town as folks stand on the remark deck of Roppongi Hills to look at the complete moon, in Tokyo on September 21, 2021. (Photograph by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photograph by PHILIP FONG/AFP through Getty Photos) Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Photos Japan’s Topix Index hit … Read more