My latest Nintendo story: Nintendo's goal of selling 20 million Switch forecast in FY18 a long shot? Maybe not so anymore, say analysts. Some expect firm sold more than 10 million units in Oct-Dec quarter alone. pic.twitter.com/lcYZ7yWnvu
— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) January 16, 2019
Además SSB Ultimate superó los 5 millones de unidades vendidas la 1a semana:
1) Japanese daily Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun released a (very short) interview with Nintendo president Furukawa today.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (Kantan Games Inc.) (@serkantoto) January 16, 2019
He says Smash Bros sales passed 5 million globally in week 1.
Says Switch is the home console seeing the fastest software sales so far in Nintendo's history.
2) Continues to say Switch software sales started picking up steam in mid-November.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (Kantan Games Inc.) (@serkantoto) January 16, 2019
(Comment: That was when Pokemon went on sale, so no surprise.)
Says Switch is currently offered in 60 countries.
3) Reconfirms he sees smartphone gaming as a pillar of earnings.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (Kantan Games Inc.) (@serkantoto) January 16, 2019
Says he wants to land smartphone hits and publish multiple apps across multiple fields. (Comment: Not really clear what he means.)
Interview closes with some not so interesting points on DeNA, eSports etc.
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