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Japan game maker Nintendo reports lower profit as demand for Switch consoles wanes

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

A traveler walks past an advertisement featuring a Nintendo character at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo, on June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Nintendo says lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console

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A Nintendo sign is seen outside Nintendo's official store in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2020. Nintendo has cancelled an upcoming video game event in Japan, and postponed several others, because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and people who may take part in them. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Nintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2020, file photo, Nintendo characters, including Mario, right, are seen on a glass of its official store in Tokyo. Nintendo Co.’s profit for the fiscal year ended in March jumped 86% on healthy sales of the Switch handheld machine as people staying at home over the pandemic turned to video games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Nintendo profits boom as people stuck at home play games

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A woman walks by posters of Nintendo in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Nintendo Co. reported Monday that its profit for the first three fiscal quarters nearly doubled as people around the world stayed home for the pandemic and turned to playing games. The Japanese video-game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises said April-December profit surged to 376.6 billion yen ($3.6 billion) from 196 billion yen the previous year. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo profits soar as people play games during pandemic

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A shopper passes by an ad for Super Mario of Nintendo at an electronics store in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (Nintendo, the Japanese company behind Super Mario and Pokemon video games, reported Thursday that its fiscal first half profit more than tripled as passed time while stuck at home during the pandemic playing games. AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo’s profit soars as pandemic has people playing games

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 23, 2020, photo, a Nintendo sign is seen at the company's official store in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. has scored a 33% jump in annual profit as people stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic turn to playing games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Nintendo marks profit jump as people stay home amid pandemic

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo, a Super Mario figure is displayed at a showroom in Tokyo. After months of being tight-lipped, Comcast executives on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, said the fourth park at Universal Orlando would be based on characters from Nintendo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Nintendo profits up on healthy Switch demand for Christmas

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 23, 2020, photo, a traveler walks past a propaganda featuring Nintendo character at Narita airport in Narita, near Tokyo. Japanese video game maker Nintendo is reporting a 29% rise in quarterly profit on solid demand for its Switch console during the year-end shopping season. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Mario like Mickey? Nintendo banks on profits from characters

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Nintendo 2Q net profit jumps from Switch Lite sales

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A Super Mario figure is displayed at a showroom in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. has reported fiscal first quarter profit dipped to about half of what it was the previous year despite improved sales as an unfavorable exchange rate eroded earnings. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo profit drops on exchange rate despite sales boost

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A woman walks by an advertisement poster of a Nintendo in Tokyo in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Nintendo Co. says it plans to start making its Switch console in Vietnam this year, transferring some of its production from China. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo shifts some Switch production from China to Vietnam

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Nintendo profit jumps 39% on Switch software sales

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

This June 19, 2018, photo, visitors walk around a figure of Super Mario of Nintendo at Panasonic center in Tokyo. Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises, is reporting a 25 percent jump in fiscal third-quarter profit, boosted by the popularity of games for its Switch console. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo’s quarterly profit rises on hit Switch games

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Nintendo chief: Seeking growth sources as Switch sales slow

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A man stands next an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. Shares were moderately lower in Asia on Wednesday following a bloodletting on Wall Street as goodwill generated by a truce between the U.S. and China over trade evaporated in confusion over exactly what the two sides had agreed upon.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Asian shares skid as Huawei CFO arrest revives trade jitters

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

PlayStation game sales drive sharp rise in Sony profits

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Nintendo reports jump in earnings thanks to Switch

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. President Tatsumi Kimishima speaks in front of picture of the Nintendo Switch gaming console during a news conference during in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Japanese video-game company Nintendo Co. says a movie starring the plumber in the Super Mario franchise is in the works, being co-produced with Chris Meledandri, the chief executive of Illumination Entertainment, the U.S. animation studio behind the popular &quot;Despicable Me&quot; series. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Mario and Minions? Illumination to co-produce Nintendo film

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Nintendo's stock jumped $9 billion in less than one week in response to the popularity of its new mobile game, Pokémon Go. (YouTube, Pokémon Go)

‘Pokemon Go’ fever: Nintendo stock soars $9B in days on Pikachu-hunting game

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times