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The Nintendo Switch has only been out for a little over a month, but already one analyst has said that it believes a new iteration could be in the works. As reported by Bloomberg, Citigroup says that despite the Switch’s early success, Nintendo is locking out a large part of …
Read More »1TB PS4 Slim finally arrives in the US
US gamers are finally able to buy the PS4 Slim with 1TB of internal storage. Sony’s redesigned PS4 launched in both 1TB and 500GB flavours when it arrived in the UK, but for some reason the 1TB model has been missing from the American lineup until now. Best of all, …
Read More »Nintendo discontinues the NES Mini
In a surprise move, Nintendo has announced that it has ended production of the popular NES Classic. Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year,” the platform holder said. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to …
Read More »Switch games dated, new Joy Con and battery pack revealed
Last night’s Nintendo Direct announced a number of new Switch and 3DS release dates, and also revealed two new bits of Switch hardware. Headlining the dates are Splatoon 2, which arrives on July 21st, and Arms, which will hit shelves on June 16th. Also confirmed was a Nintendo Switch release …
Read More »Nvidia ups the game once again with new GTX Titan XP
Just over a month after lifting the lid on the GTX 1080 Ti PC graphics card, Nvidia has already toppled it from the top of the pack with an even faster GPU. The GTX Titan XP houses a full version of the GP102 chipset that has to date only been …
Read More »Scorpio could see Xbox push ahead of PlayStation in 2017
The launch of what will be the world’s most powerful ever console later this year could be enough to hand sector momentum back to Xbox. That’s the prediction of NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella, who told Games Industry that he was satisfied that yesterday’s tech announcement was enough to deliver the …
Read More »Switch sales hit 500k in Japan
The latest figures from Media Create show that Nintendo’s new Switch console has hit an important milestone in the company’s homeland. DualShockers reports that as of March 26th Switch unit sales in Japan have hit just sky of 520,000. This figure was hit in under four weeks. Crucially, this puts …
Read More »GameStop predicts Switch stock shortages throughout 2017
It might continue to be hard to find Switch consoles on the High Street for the rest of the year, retailer GameStop has predicted. VentureBeat reports that despite strong demand, the retailer says that any potential Switch success has not influenced its financial forecasts as it cannot be sure how …
Read More »Hardware teardown offers insight into Joy Con fix
A Switch Joy Con returned by Nintendo after a repair has hinted at how Nintendo intends to fix its left controller problem. The platform holder has today said that a manufacturing variation” was to blame for what it says are a small number” of reported problems. This has apparently now …
Read More »Nintendo blames Joy Con issues on ‘manufacturing variation’
Platform holder Nintendo has insisted that there are not inherent hardware problems with the Switch, but has admitted that it has changed how it manufactures the left Joy Con. Until now Nintendo’s only statement on the left Joy Con problem – which sees some users suffer from poor connectivity between …
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