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4 days ago |
zawya.com | Miho Uranaka |Makiko Yamazaki |Sam Nussey
TOKYO - Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has begun evacuating staff from locations including Iran and Qatar to ensure their safety, a spokesperson said, amid elevated regional tensions. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has begun evacuating some family members of staff from Dubai and the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, a spokesperson said, and is also considering allowing staff to leave at their own discretion.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Sam Nussey
Nintendo’s Switch 2 launched on Thursday and is widely expected to be in short supply globally amid pent-up demand for the more powerful next-generation gaming device. “The level of demand seems to be sky-high,” said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy. The Switch launched in 2017 and followed the underperforming Wii U. The home-portable device became a juggernaut with games including two Legend of Zelda titles and COVID-19 pandemic breakout hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
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3 weeks ago |
lanacion.com.ar | Sam Nussey |Tom Bateman
By Sam Nussey, Tom BatemanTOKIO, 5 jun (Reuters) - Los aficionados a losvideojuegos hicieron cola para el lanzamiento de la Switch 2 deNintendo el jueves, que se espera que escasee en todoel mundo en un contexto de demanda acumulada para estedispositivo de juegos de nueva generación. "El nivel de demanda parece estar por las nubes", afirmaSerkan Toto, fundador de la consultora Kantan Games.
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3 weeks ago |
jp.reuters.com | Sam Nussey
任天堂は5日、新型ゲーム機「スイッチ2」を発売した。4月都内で撮影(2025年 ロイター/Kim Kyung-Hoon) [東京 5日 ロイター] - 任天堂(7974.T), opens new tabは5日、新型ゲーム機「スイッチ2」を発売した。世界的に品薄が予想され、店頭に並ぶまでには時間がかかるとみられている。 スイッチ2は、新型コロナ禍の巣ごもり需要でユーザーのすそ野が広がった前モデルと似たデザインながら、ディスプレーがより大きく、解像度がより上がった。人気のタイトル「マリオカート ワ-ルド」などと同時に発売され、コンサルティング会社カンタンゲームスの創業者セルカン・トト氏は「需要は非常に高い」とみる。 スイッチ2は、米国の関税政策でサプライチェーン(供給網)に逆風が吹く中、船出する。任天堂は5月の決算発表時、今年度のスイッチ2の販売台数を1500万台と予想した。古川俊太郎社長は、おう盛な需要に対応するために生産能力を強化し、予測を上回るよう販売促進に注力すると話した。...
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Sam Nussey |Tom Bateman
By Sam Nussey and Tom BatemanTOKYO (Reuters) -Gaming fans queued up for the launch of Nintendo's Switch 2 on Thursday amid pent-up demand for the more powerful next-generation gaming device. "The level of demand seems to be sky-high," said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy. In the Ikebukuro shopping district of Tokyo, dozens of successful applicants to a sales lottery by electronics retailer Bic Camera lined up before the store opened to collect their devices.
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