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Episode: Japanese game maker Nintendo reports zooming sales and profit on its hit Switch 2 machine
Description: Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the year before, as its sales more than doubled following the launch of its hit Switch 2 console in June, the company said.
Nintendo, based in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, said its profit for the half-year totaled 198.9 billion yen, or $1.3 billion, up from 108.6 billion yen the year before. Sales for the first half of this fiscal year rose to nearly 1.1 trillion yen ($7.1 billion) from 523 billion yen in the same period of 2024.
Nintendo, which makes Super Mario and Pokémon games, did not provide a breakdown of quarterly data.
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