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The Japanese gaming company Nintendo has the year ending March 2021 will be a bumper year for its Switch games console. Executives said sales will 26 per cent higher than initial forecasts. It to... 24 million of its consoles by the end of the financial year. This is a 26 per cent increase from the previous forecast. The company the rise in demand for the Switch console partly attributable to a pandemic-driven boom in gaming. Millions of people have been indoors because of COVID-19 and have in a new games console. The result has Nintendo with an extra reason for optimism - its operating profit forecast up by 50 per cent to $4.3 billion.

The Nintendo Switch was in October 2016 and worldwide in 2017. It a hybrid console that can used as either a home console or a portable, standalone device. It controllers with motion sensing and tactile feedback. These can to both sides of the console to handheld-style play like that of the Nintendo Wii. Gamers can online through Internet connectivity, as well as with other consoles on a local wireless network. Developers have over 320 games for the console, many from third-party companies. Switch sales have been by Nintendo-created games such as The Legend of Zelda, Mario Kart 8, Pokemon Sword and Shield, and Animal Crossing.