Nintendo did not convince the investors – the Express newspaper

“the Share had been bought on hopes and fell on the facts. The first two weeks of sales will be critical for Nintendo that have to sell the 2 million units that the spått for the quarter,” comment on Hideki Yasuda, analyst at Ace Research Institute.

the Switch is a console in the surfplattestorlek with wireless controls that can be used anywhere, but also be connected to a tv. Swedish Starbreeze announced in October that the company is on the list of partners to the Switch.

Super Mario Run did not reach expectations

Nintendo is hoping that the Switch will be a comeback for the company that failed with their launches in the last few years. The sequel to the Wii flopped, and Nintendo’s long awaited foray on mobilspelmarknaden got a tough start, then last month’s launch of Super Mario Run did not meet expectations.

At Friday’s presentation introduced the Nintendo a new feature on the Switch: an online gaming network. Without going into details said the company users to be able to play with friends and chat online. The service will initially be free, but during the year, the transition to becoming a paid service. While the so-called connectivity is new for Nintendo, it has found on competitors such as the Xbox and Playstation for years.

“To charge for online services is not surprising, but I am curious if Nintendo can justify it,” said Jim Sterling, the founder of the influential gaming blog The Jimquisition.

So will the new Nintendo Switch

Nintendo introduced on Friday an updated Zelda game, a new Mario game called Super Mario Odyssey, and Splatoon 2, a sequel to the popular färgkastarspelet. Another new game called Arms was also presented.

the Price of 300 dollars surpassed most analyst estimates. Mizuoho Financials analysts had thought that the Switch would be sold for 249-279 dollar while Macquarie had the expectation of a price around 250 dollars. The price of 300 dollars makes the console more expensive than Sony’s Playstation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One, based on the current prices in the united states.

Nintendo Switch – compete with the smartphone?

another question mark is how attractive it is to Switch is portable. The question the market asks is whether people are ready to carry about a spelterminal, when many people have smartphones or tablets.

Then the top ten years ago, the Nintendoaktien fallen by two-thirds and the company has lost over 50 billion dollars of market capitalization. In October, said ceo Tatsumi Kimishima to Switch will have a central role in recovering the operating profit to a level of around 100 billion yen per year.