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The Nintendo Switch 2 will reportedly share some similarities with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. A leaked email - written by Chris Schnakenberg, Activision's head of platform strategy and partner relations - has teased some details of the much-anticipated console, suggesting that it will be more like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles than the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The leaked document explains: "Given the closer alignment to Gen8 platforms in terms of performance and our previous offerings on PS4 / Xbox One, it is reasonable to assume we could make something compelling for the NG S...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 will reportedly share some similarities with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. A leaked email - written by Chris Schnakenberg, Activision's head of platform strategy and partner relations - has teased some details of the much-anticipated console, suggesting that it will be more like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles than the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The leaked document explains: "Given the closer alignment to Gen8 platforms in terms of performance and our previous offerings on PS4 / Xbox One, it is reasonable to assume we could make something compelling for the NG S...
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Nintendo has reportedly put a limit on how long Switch users can play 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons'. A Reddit user has revealed that 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' - which was released in 2020 - will stop players from accessing their islands by 2061. The gamer set the date of the console to 38 years in the future, and came across a surprising discovery. A message explained: "Please close the game from the home menu and restart after setting a date between 1/1/2000 - 31/12/2060. (sic)" The news has recently circulated on social media. But Nintendo hasn't yet made any comment about the online...
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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has acquired a five percent stake in Nintendo. In recent years, the Public Investment Fund has spent billions acquiring stakes in various video game companies, including Capcom, EA, Activision, and Take-Two. And now, in a filing made with Japan's Finance Ministry, it's been confirmed that the investment vehicle for the Saudi state has bought a 5.01 percent in Nintendo. The move means that the Public Investment Fund is now the fifth-largest shareholder of Nintendo, according to Bloomberg. The overarching ambition behind the fund is to ensure that the Saudi ...
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The Nintendo Switch has now outsold the Wii. The popular gaming console was released in 2017, and has already outsold the Wii, which also proved to be a huge success after it was launched in 2006. The landmark was announced as Nintendo revealed its latest set of financial results. Some 10.67 million units of the Switch shipped between October and December 2021 - even though sales have been undermined by a shortage of semiconductors. As a result, the overall number of units shipped reached 103.54 million, meaning it took less than five years for the Switch to surpass the Wii in terms of sales. ...
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Nintendo is taking Emulation criticism "very seriously" after attempting to release older games onto their Nintendo Switch console. The gaming giant has come under fire in recent months over their Switch N64 emulation system, which released a new tier of Switch Online membership that allows gamers to play classic Nintendo 64 titles, but the company have faced backlash over issues such as game quality and high prices. Nintendo President Doug Bowser told The Verge: "We’re constantly looking for ways to make our online features and those games better and continuing to add value through more servi...
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A series of alternative names for the Nintendo Wii have been leaked online. The iconic gaming console was launched amid much fanfare back in 2006 and now, a number of alternative names have been leaked on the web. Messages posted on the ResetEra messageboards by user MondoMega show that alternative names for the console included New Nintendo Gamecube and Next Nintendo. Other, more creative names included Nintendo Blue Thunder, Nintendo Game Carnival and Nintendo Juke Box. It's also been revealed that another of the potential titles - the Nintendo Everlasting Wave - would've been given the abbr...
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The original Nintendo Switch could be "phased out" through 2022, according to an industry expert. Louise Shorthouse, a senior games analyst at Ampere Analysis, thinks the new Switch OLED Model - which features a larger, better screen - could some become the flagship Switch, and the expert has predicted a shift will happen over the next 12 months or so. She told the BBC: "I think this is disappointing for users who were expecting something more powerful. "Given the lack of power upgrade and the small price difference between this and the flagship model, we believe the OLED version will eventual...
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Nintendo is always considering "how technology can enhance gameplay experiences". That is according to Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser, who has responded to reports of upgraded hardware by discussing the company's general philosophy to new technology. Speaking in response to suggestions that the new Nintendo Switch will have a larger screen, he told the Washington Post newspaper: "We are always looking at technology and how technology can enhance gameplay experiences. It’s not technology for technology’s sake. "It’s how specifically can technology enhance a gameplay experience. And t...
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Nintendo has entered the "midpoint" of the Switch lifecycle. Doug Bowser - president of Nintendo of America - has promised the company will "really lean into both" the Switch and Switch Lite in 2021. He told Polygon: "[T]he way we build games onto the platform, and the way partners build games onto the platform, is really what matters and the experience that you have when you play. "So that's what we'll continue to lean into as we go into really what will be the fifth year of Nintendo Switch. "And as Mr. [Shuntaro] Furukawa [president of Nintendo] mentioned in his corporate management policy b...
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