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Nintendo Aims to Make 25 Million Switch 2 Units by March 2026 to Set Gaming History
Nintendo is likely to comfortably surpass analysts’ estimates for sales of 17.6 million devices in the fiscal year ending March, let alone its own much lower public forecast, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private plans. Nintendo can be expected to sell roughly 20 million units of the Switch 2 this fiscal year.
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Nintendo Turns to Samsung to Make Chips, Ramp Up Switch 2 Output
Nintendo has turned to Samsung to help make the main chips for the Switch 2. The Korean company is now working on a customized chip or processor designed by Nvidia for the Switch 2 using its 8-nanometer node, according to people familiar with the matter.
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iPhone Supplier TDK Readies Batteries Geared for Thin AI Gadgets
TDK is working on its next generation of batteries that will be equipped to power smartphones through AI tasks. Apple and Samsung are TDK’s biggest customers, each contributing about 10 percent of the Japanese company’s overall revenue.
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Sony Sells 18.5 Million PS5 Units in FY 2024, Analysts Say GTA 6 Delay to Impact Sales in 2025
Sony said on Wednesday that it sees a JPY 100 billion ($700 million or roughly Rs. 5,975 crore) impact from US levies in the year to March and expects an operating profit of ¥1.28 trillion (roughly Rs. 74,353 crore). Over the first three months of this year, Sony reported better-than-expected operating income of JPY 203.7 billion (roughly Rs. 11,...
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Nintendo Doesn’t Rule Out Switch 2 Price Hike After Soft Outlook
Nintendo expects shipments of the Switch 2 to reach 15 million units in the year to March, shy of the 16.8 million average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company may hike prices for the Switch 2 in the US, depending on how Trump administration tariffs work out.
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Nintendo Sees Overwhelming Demand for Switch 2 in Japan
Nintendo said it sees overwhelming demand for its upcoming Switch 2 game console in Japan. The Kyoto-based company introduced a lottery system to deal with high demand in its domestic market, putting a priority on customers who played frequently and made online subscription purchases on the original Switch.
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Nintendo’s Pivotal Switch 2 Launch Boosted by Trump Tariff Pause
The 90-day reprieve on heightened tariffs for most US trading partners gives Nintendo a chance to ramp up shipments of its upcoming Switch 2 console to a market that accounts for more than a third of its sales.
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iPhone Supplier TDK Rolls Out New Batteries to Keep Pace With AI
TDK Corp. plans to start mass production of its third-generation silicon-anode cells from late summer, Chief Executive Officer Noboru Saito said in an interview. The Tokyo-based company aims to keep up with the rising power demands of built-in AI.
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Nvidia Supplier Ibiden Weighs Faster Expansion for AI Demand
Ibiden is building a new substrate factory in Gifu prefecture, central Japan, expected to go online at 25 percent production capacity around the last quarter of 2025 before reaching 50 percent by March 2026. The company is in talks about when to get the remaining 50 percent capacity online.
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PS5 Sales Cross 65 Million as Sony Sees 73 Percent Jump in Q3 Profit
Sony reported a bigger-than-expected 73 percent jump in operating profit in the September quarter. Friday’s earnings highlighted the power of a few hit titles to sway Sony’s PlayStation business segment, now four years into the latest hardware generation.
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Nintendo Aims to Make 25 Million Switch 2 Units by March 2026 to Set Gaming History
Nintendo is likely to comfortably surpass analysts’ estimates for sales of 17.6 million devices in the fiscal year ending March, let alone its own much lower public forecast, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private plans. Nintendo can be expected to sell roughly 20 million units of the Switch 2 this fiscal year.
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Nintendo Turns to Samsung to Make Chips, Ramp Up Switch 2 Output
Nintendo has turned to Samsung to help make the main chips for the Switch 2. The Korean company is now working on a customized chip or processor designed by Nvidia for the Switch 2 using its 8-nanometer node, according to people familiar with the matter.
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iPhone Supplier TDK Readies Batteries Geared for Thin AI Gadgets
TDK is working on its next generation of batteries that will be equipped to power smartphones through AI tasks. Apple and Samsung are TDK’s biggest customers, each contributing about 10 percent of the Japanese company’s overall revenue.
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Sony Sells 18.5 Million PS5 Units in FY 2024, Analysts Say GTA 6 Delay to Impact Sales in 2025
Sony said on Wednesday that it sees a JPY 100 billion ($700 million or roughly Rs. 5,975 crore) impact from US levies in the year to March and expects an operating profit of ¥1.28 trillion (roughly Rs. 74,353 crore). Over the first three months of this year, Sony reported better-than-expected operating income of JPY 203.7 billion (roughly Rs. 11,...
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Nintendo Doesn’t Rule Out Switch 2 Price Hike After Soft Outlook
Nintendo expects shipments of the Switch 2 to reach 15 million units in the year to March, shy of the 16.8 million average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company may hike prices for the Switch 2 in the US, depending on how Trump administration tariffs work out.
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Nintendo Sees Overwhelming Demand for Switch 2 in Japan
Nintendo said it sees overwhelming demand for its upcoming Switch 2 game console in Japan. The Kyoto-based company introduced a lottery system to deal with high demand in its domestic market, putting a priority on customers who played frequently and made online subscription purchases on the original Switch.
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Nintendo’s Pivotal Switch 2 Launch Boosted by Trump Tariff Pause
The 90-day reprieve on heightened tariffs for most US trading partners gives Nintendo a chance to ramp up shipments of its upcoming Switch 2 console to a market that accounts for more than a third of its sales.
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iPhone Supplier TDK Rolls Out New Batteries to Keep Pace With AI
TDK Corp. plans to start mass production of its third-generation silicon-anode cells from late summer, Chief Executive Officer Noboru Saito said in an interview. The Tokyo-based company aims to keep up with the rising power demands of built-in AI.
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Nvidia Supplier Ibiden Weighs Faster Expansion for AI Demand
Ibiden is building a new substrate factory in Gifu prefecture, central Japan, expected to go online at 25 percent production capacity around the last quarter of 2025 before reaching 50 percent by March 2026. The company is in talks about when to get the remaining 50 percent capacity online.
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PS5 Sales Cross 65 Million as Sony Sees 73 Percent Jump in Q3 Profit
Sony reported a bigger-than-expected 73 percent jump in operating profit in the September quarter. Friday’s earnings highlighted the power of a few hit titles to sway Sony’s PlayStation business segment, now four years into the latest hardware generation.
