![]() “We have no plan at the moment to raise Switch prices. Nintendo, which earns about 80% of revenue overseas, also on Tuesday raised its annual net profit forecast due to a weaker yen but still missed analysts’ consensus forecast.įurukawa said at the Wednesday briefing that the yen’s sharp and prolonged depreciation has hit profitability in its hardware business in Japan, hinting a possibility of price hikes. Nintendo plans to launch the latest installment of its widely emulated action-adventure series, “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”, in May 2023. “There aren’t any more catalysts to play out before the release of the Legend of Zelda,” he said. “The Switch hardware cycle peaked (in the last financial year) and we believe that revenues, profits and valuations will now struggle to reach new highs in this cycle,” wrote independent analyst Mark Chadwick who publishes on the Smartkarma research platform. That put it on track for its biggest one-day drop since October 2021. Still, Nintendo’s share price was down 6.7% in Tokyo trade, against a nearly flat broader market. Nintendo’s Furukawa told a separate briefing on Wednesday that Switch demand and sales momentum remain solid despite supply constraints, and that the company is striving to bring as many consoles as possible to consumers in the holiday season. Sony Group Corp, maker of the PlayStation 5 console, also signalled this month that supply chain snarls that had hampered its games business were easing. However, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa told an earnings briefing that chip supply had started to recover in recent months, helping boost Switch production just as the industry heads into the busy year-end shopping season. ![]() The Kyoto-based company on Tuesday cut its sales forecast for the Switch to 19 million units for this business year from 21 million, as microchip shortages constrained production. Love From Software games? They’re on sale, including Demon’s Souls ($7.99), excluding Bloodbourne.TOKYO – Nintendo Co Ltd shares fell nearly 7% on Wednesday, putting them on track for their biggest one-day drop in a year after the Japanese videogame giant cut its annual sales projection for its Switch console by nearly 10%. ![]() Want a bunch of anime characters in one? Jump Force is there for $29.99. Love anime? They’ve got Dragon Ball games, they’ve got a whole bunch of Naruto games, they’ve got a whole lot of Sword Art Online games. While we’re at it, the Devil May Cry HD Collection is sitting around for $24.74, with the newest 5th game selling for $35.99. Love Resident Evil? All of those are on sale, from the original Resident Evil 2 as a PSOne Classic to the modern remake. All of the current Mega Man collections are on sale, but you can grab all of them in the Mega Man 30th Anniversary Bundle for a cheaper $40.19. How about Dragon Quest? All the Builder and Heroes games are on sale, though, Dragon Quest XI is suspiciously absent.Ĭapcom has also gone in on the sale. If you haven’t played the Kingdom Hearts series, now is a good time, as the “All-In-One Package” that contains all the Kingdom Hearts games (and cutscene-only versions of a few) are available for a comparatively cheap $49.99. You could get the updated version of Final Fantasy IX for $14.69, or, if you don’t care for those improvements, you can pick up the port of the original on PS3 for a mere $4.99. ![]() All the Playstation published Final Fantasy games (with the exception of the recently released remaster of Final Fantasy VIII) are on sale, from the PS3/Vita PSOne Classics to the newer stuff on PS4. You can fully expect Square-Enix to be in on the sale and they’ve got a lot of good titles out for cheaper prices. There’s a lot to see, so let me just point out some specific examples. It also contains games just published by Japanese companies, such is the case with Just Cause 4. ![]() The Playstation Store is currently running a “Big in Japan” sale, focusing on a lot of Japanese developed games. Sometimes it’s a sale with a specific theme, like the “Totally Digital” sales focusing on digital only releases. Sales are a constant on the Playstation Store sometimes it’s for a holiday, sometimes it’s a flash sale. ![]()
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