Nintendo raises net profit forecast on Switch console and yen
The Kyoto-based video game giant said it now expects an annual net profit of 120 billion yen
31-year-old Nao Imoto posing with her newly purchased Nintendo Switch game console at a shop in Tokyo. Nintendo nearly doubled its full-year profit forecast as it pointed to sizzling sales of its Switch games console and a cheaper yen for the upbeat outlook.
PHOTO: AFP
The Kyoto-based video game giant said it now expects an annual net profit of 120 billion yen ($1.1 billion), a 41.2 per cent rise from the previous estimate issued in October, while also increasing annual sales and operating profit projections.
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The company cited strong sales of Switch as lifting its performance during the April-December period.
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