Takashi Mochizuki

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Takashi Mochizuki

A customer poses with a Nintendo Switch 2 game console at a Bic Camera Inc. electronics store in Tokyo on June 5. (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co. sold 3.5 million-plus units of the Switch 2 in just four days, a record-breaking start for the company’s first new console in eight years. The Japanese company has already sold more of the device than the roughly 2.7 million the original Switch managed during its first month in 2017.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Yuki Furukawa |Takashi Mochizuki

Über Stunden standen Nintendo-Fans Schlange, um an einem der größten Gadget-Debüts seit Jahren teilhaben und zu den Ersten gehören zu können, die die neue Spielekonsole Switch 2 in den Händen halten. Ganz vorne in einer dieser Schlangen stand etwa Koji Takahashi, der vier Stunden lang gewartet hatte, bis endlich die Türen eines Bic Camera-Geschäfts im Tokioter Stadtteil Ikebukuro öffneten.

3 weeks ago | bloomberglinea.com | Yuki Furukawa |Takashi Mochizuki |Kiyoshi Ota

Bloomberg — Los fans de Nintendo Co. hicieron cola durante horas para ser de los primeros en hacerse con la Switch 2 y participar en uno de los mayores estrenos de gadgets en años. El primero en la cola cuando se abrieron las puertas de una tienda de Bic Camera Inc. en el distrito tokiota de Ikebukuro fue Koji Takahashi, un residente de una prefectura vecina que había hecho cola durante cuatro horas. “Ha merecido la pena”, dijo este hombre de 54 años, con una consola en los brazos.

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Yuki Furukawa |Takashi Mochizuki

Nintendo Co is opening sales of the Switch 2 today, and shoppers are scouting out stores to increase their chances of getting a hold of the US$450 console. The global launch marks one of the biggest gadget debuts in years, recalling the first-day mania surrounding the iPhone of a decade ago. At home in Japan, websites are giving fans advice on the electronics stores most likely to have models in stock, while retailers have asked Nintendo to ship as many units as possible to sate high demand.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Yuki Furukawa |Cecilia D'Anastasio |Takashi Mochizuki

The Steam Deck Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co. fans from Tokyo to Manhattan stood in line for hours to be among the first to get a Switch 2, fueling one of the biggest global gadget debuts since the iPhone launches of yesteryear. Almost 20 hours before the console’s sale, customers lined up at 4:30 a.m. outside GameStop Corp.’s Union Square location in New York City, while another queue snaked in front of the Nintendo store uptown.