Nintendo to adopt upgraded Nvidia chip
Switching to Deep Learning Super Sampling
Nintendo plans to adopt an upgraded Nvidia chip with better graphics and processing for a new Switch model planned for Christmas.
Nintendo planning OLED display for Switch
Support for 4K
Nintendo is planning to unveil a model of its Switch gaming console equipped with a bigger Samsung OLED display and support for 4K. It's expected to arrive before Christmas.
Nintendo sued by consumer group
Small issue of borked controllers
Nintendo faces a complaint from BEUC, a European consumer group, over what it calls "systematic problems" with the controllers for the company's Switch games console.
Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo
Was laughed out of the room
Software King of the World Microsoft attempted to buy Nintendo according to one of the Xbox staffers.
Nintendo has some extreme measures to track hackers
Huge amount of work
An internal Nintendo leak has revealed that the outfit gets its knickers in a twist rather easily when it comes to investigating hackers.
Nintendo expects to flog 24 million Switches
COVID-19 pandemic drives a gaming boom
Nintendo has announced that it will sell 24 million of its Switch games consoles in the year ending March 2021, up from a forecast of 19 million.
Team Xecuter pair arrested
Piracy charges
Two piracy group leaders from Team Xecuter, have been arrested and are in custody facing charges filed in a US District Court in Seattle.
Nintendo kills off 3DS
After nine and a half years
Nintendo has discontinued its 3DS handheld after about 76 million sales over a nine-and-a-half year period.
Nintendo shuts down open source project
Submit to the power of our mighty briefs
Nintendo has targeted the developer of an open-source Switch payload injector with a cease and desist notice and the DragonInjector developer decided to call it a day.
Nintendo’s operating profits increased by 427.7 percent
Despite lock-downs
Nintendo’s operating profits increased by 427.7 percent during April to June and it was not because people were locked up with nothing to do.