Big Take Asia: Nintendo Makes a Big Bet on Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch has generated some $100 billion in sales for the Japanese gaming giant since its launch in 2017, propelling the company's shares to record highs. Now the game-maker is under pressure to do even better with the new Switch 2, out this week. On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, Bloomberg Opinion's Gearoid Reidy joins host K. Oanh Ha to talk about why the Switch 2 is so important to Nintendo's business and whether it can live up to the hype.
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