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  "id": 18269389,
  "title": "Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nintendo-switch-2-sales-plunge-41-as-price-hikes-and-memory-crunch",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T07:30:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/05/nintendo-earnings-switch-2-sales.html"
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  "summary": "Sales of Nintendo's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nintendo-reports-q2-net-profit-down-16-yoy-to-468m-as-rising-switch-2",
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