The success of the Nintendo Switch launch last year exceeded Nintendo‘s expectations. But the president of the company Tatsumi Kimishima (Tatsumi Kimishima) believes that the real tests for the Switch will begin in the second year of the console’s existence.

Worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch console are ahead of optimistic forecasts. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 10 million units of the Switch and has fulfilled the annual sales plan for the console in 9 months since its launch.

Japanese gaming giant Bandai Namco will allocate additional funds for the development of titles for the Nintendo Switch platform.

Electronic Arts Corporation will not release games on the Nintendo Switch console yet. EA has postponed the final decision on this issue until March 2018.

Nintendo has presented statistics on the use of game modes of the Nintendo Switch hybrid console by gamers.

Sales of the three-dimensional platformer Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch exceeded 2 million copies in 3 days after the release of the game on October 27, according to the presentation of the Nintendo company for the financial half of the year.

Sales of Nintendo products from April to October of this year increased by 175% compared to the same period last year. The growth driver was the Nintendo Switch console.

Independent studio inXile Entertainment has received a developer license for the Nintendo Switch platform.

Nintendo has announced the sale of more than 2 million units of the Nintendo Switch console in the United States.

Nintendo has announced an increase in the monthly production of Nintendo Switch consoles to 2 million copies.

Every third game for the Nintendo Switch console is developed on the Unity engine, Unity Technologies reported.

Sony will not compete with Nintendo Switch in the portable console market after weak demand for the PlayStation Vita handheld console outside Japan and Asia.

The turn-based tactics of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle has become the sales leader on the Nintendo Switch console among titles not owned by Nintendo.

The Chinese corporation Tencent will release the MOBA Honor of Kings mobile frituplay on the Nintendo Switch handheld console.

Nintendo has sold 4.7 million Nintendo Switch consoles since sales began in March this year, according to the firm’s quarterly financial report.

The Nintendo Switch hybrid console symbolizes Nintendo’s departure from the two-device business model that the company has adhered to for almost 30 years.

Created by a team of two people from Skipmore Studio, Kamiko arcade action game for the Nintendo Switch console has sold more than 110 thousand copies worldwide.

For 6 months of 2017, the market of consoles and console video games in Japan increased by 14.8% to $1.35 billion. Growth in this segment was marked for the first time in three years, according to the publication Famitsu.

The American games market in April increased by 10% to $636 million compared to last year thanks to sales of the Nintendo Switch console and games for it.