Nintendo Q1 profit grows 4%, beating estimates
The Kyoto-based gaming company said it sold 5.82 million units of the Switch 2, which went on sale on June 5, during the quarter.
The successor to the hit home-portable Switch gaming device launched in the midst of U.S Donald Trump's trade war, testing Nintendo's supply chain management.
Nintendo maintained its full-year sales forecast of 15 million Switch 2 units.
($1 = 150.5800 yen)
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