{
  "id": 18274781,
  "title": "Japanese video game company Nintendo reports rising profit, falling sales",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/japanese-video-game-company-nintendo-reports-rising-profit-falling",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:10:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/2026/11/05/japanese-video-game-company-nintendo-reports-rising-profit-falling-sales"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japanese video-game maker Nintendo reported an 11% increase in net profit during the first half of the fiscal year, despite a 12% decline in sales. The Kyoto-based company's April-September profit reached 220.9 billion yen, up from nearly 199 billion yen in the same period last year. However, overall sales for the six months fell to 966 billion yen. Nintendo sold 1.27 million Switch game consoles and 6.49 million Switch 2 machines during the period, with popular titles like \"Star Fox\" and \"Splatoon Raiders\" contributing to strong software sales. The company's digital sales, including downloadable games, continued to grow, aided by the popularity of the 2026 animation film \"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.\" Nintendo expects to maintain its fiscal year projections of a 310 billion yen profit, down 27% from the previous year, on 2 trillion yen in sales, also down 11%. The company faces challenges due to a global shortage of computer chips and rising prices caused by the recent surge in artificial intelligence adoption.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Nintendo's net profit rose 11% in first half, reaching 220.9 billion yen",
    "Sales declined 12% to 966 billion yen during April-September period",
    "Switch console and software sales contributed to strong performance"
  ],
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        "published": "2026-11-05T06:37:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nintendos-net-profit-drops-in-q2-as-switch-2-unit-sales-slow",
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
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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",
        "published": "2026-11-05T11:05:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japanese video game company Nintendo reports rising profit, falling sales",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/japanese-video-game-company-nintendo-reports-rising-profit-falling-18301610",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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