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Business Insider
6 hours ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Nintendo Stock (NTDOF) Sinks as Third-Party Switch 2 Game Sales Disappoint
Nintendo (NTDOF) stock was down on Friday as the video game company faces a unique problem with the Switch 2. Third-party developers aren't seeing the sales they expected from the console, despite it breaking records with 3.5 million units sold in just four days. Confident Investing Starts Here: Easily unpack a company's performance with TipRanks' new KPI Data for smart investment decisions Receive undervalued, market resilient stocks right to your inbox with TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter One developer even claimed that sales of its games on the Switch 2 were 'below our lowest estimates.' Instead, 81% of physical Switch 2 game sales were for first-party titles, such as Nintendo's Mario Kart World or its upgraded Switch 1 games. This could present a problem for Nintendo in the future. If third-party developers can't get their games to sell on the Switch 2, they might drop support for the console. This would reduce the variety of titles available on the gaming device, potentially limiting its appeal to consumers. What's Behind Poor Third-Party Game Sales? There are a couple of major problems that third-party developers have to deal with on the Switch 2. The first is Game Key Cards. These are unique cartridges sold by Nintendo that don't have the game on them. Instead, they grant the user the ability to download the game from Nintendo's online store. These are largely used by third-party developers to avoid the costs of cartridges with more storage. The problem with Game Key Cards is that they appeal to no one. Physical collectors want the game on the cart and digital buyers don't want to have to switch between carts to play games. Game Key Cards do neither of these things. Highlighting this is the performance of CD Projekt's (OTGLY) Cyberpunk 2077. It's the best-selling third-party game on the Switch 2 and is one of the only titles not from Nintendo with the full game on the cart. Old Games and High Prices The next issue with third-party Switch 2 games are their age. Many of these games have been out for years on other consoles and PC before they came out on the Switch 2. On top of that, developers are charging much more for these titles, despite them being discounted on other platforms. Yakuza 0 is a prime example of this with its $50 price tag, compared to its $20 price on Steam, and discounts that have dropped it as low as $5. This has Sega (SGAMY) asking gamers to pay more than double the normal price for a 10-year-old game just to play it on the Switch 2. On top of that, the physical release is a Game Key Card, limiting its value to physical collectors. NTDOF Stock Movement Today Nintendo stock was down 3.65% as of Friday morning but is still up 50.73% year-to-date. The stock has also risen 72.21% over the past 12 months. Nintendo needs to figure out its third-party game problem, or it might risk slowing or reversing its recent stock growth. Is Nintendo Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold? Turning to Wall Street, the analysts' consensus rating for Nintendo is Moderate Buy, based on eight Buy, two Hold, and a single Sell rating over the past three months. With that comes an average NTDOF stock price target of $92.26, representing a potential 5.11% upside for the shares.
Metro
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Games Inbox: What is the second best Nintendo Switch 2 game?
The Tuesday letters page hopes for Red Dead Redemption 2 on Nintendo Switch 2, as one reader looks forward to CD Projekt's first original IP. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Penultimate choice So, I don't think there's much doubt as to what is the best Nintendo Switch 2 game so far, if you don't count the Zelda remasters, but what is the second best one, after Mario Kart World? Cyberpunk 2077 seems a good contender but it's not really the best way to play the game, although it may be the best option to play it on a handheld. Beyond that I'm struggling to come up with any other options, as very few sites have reviewed the third party ports, I guess because Nintendo was so late sending the console out. I've heard Hitman isn't that great a port, but Street Fighter 6 is? I might get Cyberpunk 2077, but I think it's more likely I'll just save my money and get Donkey Kong Bananza if it's good, which I imagine it will be. There's no denying it's a slow launch though, especially for single-player fans. Hobbie Red Dead rumour If this rumour about Red Dead Redemption 2 on Switch 2 turns out to be true and it's a good version, then I think we're going to have to accept that the Switch 2 is a lot more powerful than some people took it to be. There's only so powerful a console can be when it's the size of a handheld, especially if you want to keep the price down, and it seems like Switch 2 has figured out the perfect compromise. I'm very impressed by what I've seen of Cyberpunk 2077 so far and while Rockstar's track record isn't spotless with ports and remasters (I'm thinking the GTA 3 games) I have some confidence they'll put in the work on this one. I'd certainly be happy to play it again on a portable, if the price is right. I'll be even more impressed if they manage to include Red Dead Online. Porgie Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Homegrown franchise I want to be cynical about The Witcher 4, but I have to say CD Projekt does seem to have learnt its lessons from the Cyberpunk 2077 launch and is saying all the right things about the new game. I do worry that they've got a bit too much on the go at the same time though, as I've lost track of the number of Witcher spin-offs, on top of the Cyberpunk sequel, but I hope they pull it off. Although, I'd also like to see them branch out and make a brand new IP. Both their games are based on existing things, but I don't believe they've ever made anything that was completely their own. Austin GC: They're working on something codenamed Project Hadar at the moment, which apparently is an original IP. Unfortunately, it has no release date or year. Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Too much Zelda I think your review of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom on Switch 2 highlights another major flaw of the launch line-up: who is ever going to play two Zelda games like this at the same time? They're both so massive you'd go crazy playing them all in one go, so really, in practical terms, the Switch 2 has one less game than it seems, and it's one of its big ones. The problem for Nintendo is that their games are usually very well optimised, so there really isn't much to do when remastering any of them, except up the resolution and, in some cases, the frame rate. Which the Switch 2 seems to do automatically in a lot of cases. It does make me wonder what has happened to things like the remasters of Metroid Prime 2 and 3, and Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess though. They seem like money left on the table at this point but maybe they'll bed turned into Expansion Pack exclusives or something like that? I'd still like to have them. Korbie Abridged version As far as I'm concerned, the lack of story was one of the better things about Stellar Blade. I'd give a lot to have a cut down version of the Bayonetta trilogy that reduces the cut scenes to the bare minimum. I don't know why anyone that makes an action game like that thinks they can also tell a story. They're two completely different skills, so what would be the chance of being good at both? Very low, if we look at the state of video game stories. My real question though is who wants a story in a game like that? Every second you're watching a terrible cut scene is a second you're not playing the game. Wotan Cannibalism-free Christmas With this latest Nintendo Direct news I think it's pretty obvious that there is no secret Christmas game that Nintendo is waiting to unveil. As others have said, Mario Kart is all they need for the Switch 2 to be a success and it's almost surprising that they've got as much coming out this year as they have. The reason we're getting unwanted games like Hyrule Warriors 3 and Kirby Air Riders is because Nintendo don't want any distraction away from Mario Kart. They also don't want to seem like they don't have any games at all though, so instead they give us a few minnows to make up the numbers; alongside Metroid Prime 4, which is really a Switch 1 game but hardcore fans will like. That's my interpretation anyway. They've also got that Pokémon game and the wheelchair basketball game, just not anything that anyone's going to get super excited about in a hurry. To me it seems fairly obvious. Movie companies don't release all their blockbusters within a couple of weeks of each other, they pace them out and make sure they don't each other's sales. Video game companies might not be very good at scheduling but they're not that bad, especially not Nintendo. Mario Kart World has already sold over 3 million copes in the middle of June and yet most ordinary people probably don't even know it exists yet. By Christmas it's going to sell so much Nintendo is going to need to build a new money pit. Paulie Waiting for the sign I bet Borderlands 4 was going to be £80/$80 but they backed down when they saw everyone getting upset. All the rumours say that companies are really waiting for GTA 6 to push the $80 barrier and then when it does they'll all follow. I can completely see that happening and I imagine no one was more upset at its delay than other publishers. But for now at least that's good news for Borderlands fans, who can now spend the money they saved on pointless deluxe editions instead. Zeiss Never full price I had an Xbox Series X at the start of the gen, sold it once I got a PlayStation 5 but picked up one again the other month. I used to do the rewards points, as you could accumulate enough points, and more, to pay for a month's Game Pass Ultimate. I amassed nearly £200 of points first time round. I'd heard reward points had been nerfed since but found you can still get enough for a month's Ultimate. It took 30 days for me to get the 12,000 points needed for that. I did run into a funny time limit on searches the other day though, due to irregular search patterns. This is from the Microsoft website: 'If you encounter this issue on your account, it is not permanent and will be removed once search patterns are determined to be normal and not an attempt to just earn points.' I don't believe for a second they thought anyone was doing the total point awarded 50 searches a day as part of normal internet usage. To be honest though, I don't know how Microsoft make any money from Game Pass but maybe most are paying full whack. I never have, mind, from my first Xbox Series X I paid £85 for two years with a Gold to Ultimate conversion. I've about a year from reward points. For this Xbox I've used the official Core to Ultimate conversion of 2:1. 12 months of Core is £40 on CDKeys, which converts to six months Ultimate, making it £6.67 a month instead of £14.99. Simundo Inbox also-ransSo I see interest in Elden Ring Nightreign seemed to last about a week before interest started dropping off. I'm still gutted that The Duskbloods is a multiplayer game, it seems such a waste. Diamond Geezer Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 so add me to the hype train. Loved it and appreciate it wasn't overly hard or overly long. Didn't overstay its welcome and was full of ideas to the end. Game of the year as far as I'm concerned. Danson More Trending Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers' letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content. You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader's Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot. You can also leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. MORE: Games Inbox: Would Xbox ever shut down Game Pass? MORE: Games Inbox: Is Nintendo the best video game company ever? MORE: Games Inbox: Is Mario Kart World too hard?
Metro
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
The Witcher 4 designed for PS5 and not PC after 'so many problems' scaling down
CD Projekt has discussed its technical ambitions for The Witcher 4, which marks a big change in strategy for the studio. The history of CD Projekt is rooted in the PC market, stemming back to the original The Witcher in 2007 and their origins as a CD-ROM importer, but development of The Witcher 4 will see the studio make a shift in priorities. The majority of CD Projekt's games have been built for PC first, with console versions scaled down from this baseline to accommodate their technical limitations. However, this method has caused some issues in the past, with console versions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077 riddled with problems at launch – especially the latter. An Unreal Engine 5 demo for The Witcher 4 earlier this month indicated a possible sea change at the studio, showing the upcoming sequel running on a standard PlayStation 5 at 60fps. Now, CD Projekt has confirmed Sony's console is the priority for The Witcher 4. When asked by Digital Foundry, about the reasons why it chose to show the Unreal Engine 5 demo on PlayStation 5, Charles Tremblay, vice president of technology at CD Projekt, said: 'As you said, we always do PC and we push [the technology] and try to scale down. But then we had so many problems in the past that we tried to see, ok this time around we really want to be more console-first development.' After noting the challenge of targeting 60fps on PlayStation 5 with a game like The Witcher 4, he added: 'Where we go from there is hard to say, but right now we really wanted to focus on what does it mean to make this ambition on a console, and we have all our other projects at 60fps and we really wanted to aim for 60fps once again.' While it remains to be seen what this means for the PC version, Tremblay did reassure PC players that it still wants to offer the 'best experience' for those on the platform. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. When asked how the studio would potentially scale up The Witcher 4 beyond PlayStation 5, Tremblay said: 'I don't want to go too much in details and again, not to overpromise, but in the past something that's super important for the group is that if people pay good money for their hardware, then we want them to have what the game can provide for that. Not like a simplified experience. So this is something we'll definitely explore. 'The company started as a PC company and we definitely will want to have the best experience for the PC gamer for sure, but it's too early to say what it will mean for The Witcher 4.' According to Tremblay, the bigger hurdle is scaling down from the PlayStation 5 version, most notably for the Xbox Series S. More Trending 'This is something that is next on our radar for sure,' Tremblay replied, when asked about the Xbox Series S version. 'I will say that 60fps will definitely be extremely challenging on [Xbox] Series S. Let's just say this is something that we need to figure out.' As per Microsoft rules, developers have to ensure their games can run on both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S, with no difference in features. This has caused problems in the past, with Baldur's Gate 3 being delayed on Xbox Series X/S due to issues related to the lower-powered console. The Witcher 4 doesn't have a release date yet but it is expected to launch in 2027, with a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 set to follow. That's around the time that the PlayStation 6 has been rumoured for release, but unsurprisingly Tremblay made no mention of that. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Nintendo Switch 2 sales numbers smash records in the US and worldwide MORE: Red Dead Redemption 2 actor teases news this week as fans hope for Switch 2 port MORE: Games Inbox: Would Xbox ever shut down Game Pass?
Metro
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
The Witcher 3 rumour says new DLC is on the way but it's not a full expansion
After celebrating its 10th anniversary, The Witcher 3 is rumoured to be getting another update besides mod support. Given it's hard at work on both The Witcher 4 and the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, you wouldn't think CD Projekt would have time to revisit The Witcher 3, beyond the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S update in 2022. And yet the game is set to receive full mod support later this year and now a fresh rumour has begun circulating, claiming that the now 10-year-old game is receiving a new expansion too. This is supposedly being made, not by CD Projekt Red, but by Fool's Theory, a separate Polish studio CD Projekt enlisted to helm a full remake of the first Witcher game (which is currently MIA). The rumour comes from a pair of popular Polish podcasters called Rock & Borys. At least we assume they're popular, given their YouTube channel boasts 1.45 million subscribers. According to them (per a translation by MP1st) the DLC will be story related and is expected to arrive after The Witcher 3's mod support. No exact date has been given yet for when that'll happen, but it's supposed to be happening later this year. Depending on the timing, this means any new Witcher 3 DLC may not be out until 2026. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. However, despite what some have assumed, this doesn't sound like it will be a full expansion like the Hearts Of Stone and Blood And Wine and it's unclear if it will be a free update or something you'll need to spend money on. While any such rumour should be taken with a grain of salt, some fans on Reddit claim Rock & Borys have contacts within CD Projekt and thus can be considered reliable with their claims. It would also make some sense, since The Witcher 3 did celebrate is 10th anniversary this past May, where CD Projekt revealed the game had sold over 60 million copies. With mod support sure to draw back fans, that'll be an opportune time to drop more content for them to sink their teeth into, especially since both The Witcher 4 and The Witcher 1 remake lack any firm release date. More Trending CD Projekt's latest financial report did insinuate The Witcher 4 could launch as early as 2027, but the studio couldn't promise it wouldn't need to push the game back. A tech demo for The Witcher 4 was also shown recently, giving fans a first glimpse at how it'll run using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5. It was an impressive showing, especially since it was said to be running on a base PlayStation 5 and not a PS5 Pro. However, CD Projekt soon tried to downplay expectations, issuing a statement stressing that the demo is not meant to be indicative of the final product and it could look quite differently. 'It's important to keep in mind that this tech demo isn't meant to represent The Witcher 4 – it's a showcase of the tools we're developing together with Epic Games. That means specific visuals like character models and environments may be different to The Witcher 4,' said a studio representative. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: The Witcher 4 will be 'bigger' and 'better' than The Witcher 3 says CD Projekt MORE: The Witcher 4 'won't focus on Geralt' but he will be involved confirms voice actor MORE: Cyberpunk 2077 sequel will feature at least two cities says franchise creator
Time of India
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Poland's biggest game developer brings Cyberpunk 2077 to Nintendo for the first time
Nintendo Switch 2 CD Projekt , Poland's largest game developer, has announced that it is launching a special edition of Cyberpunk 2077, called " Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition ", for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. This release marks the first time the title is available to Nintendo players. The move comes as Nintendo officially launched the Switch 2, marking a major upgrade to its popular hybrid gaming console. The move comes as back catalogue sales gain increasing importance for developers amidst a trend of delayed new game releases, a report by news agency Reuters said. CD Projekt has relied on sales of existing games, including its "Phantom Liberty" expansion for "Cyberpunk 2077" released in September 2023, to support its performance. Last month, Tomb Raider owner Embracer ( similarly indicated a reliance on its back catalogue for cash flow due to fewer new game launches. "Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition" is priced at $69.99 for the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo Switch 2 launch, price and what's new Launched globally, the new gaming console offers enhanced graphics, improved controllers and expanded compatibility with existing Switch games. Nintendo Switch 2 is powered by Nvidia Tegra T239 processor and features a 7.9-inch LCD screen with full-HD resolution. It comes with 256GB internal storage. Nintendo Switch 2: Price and availability In the US, the Switch 2 comes at a retail price of $499. In India, however, it is priced at Rs 54,999 for the standard edition. Some retailers, like Flipkart, have listed it at Rs 69,990. Pre-booking is available for Rs 2,999, with the remaining amount collected before delivery. Notably, Switch 2 won't be available on day-one in India. According to a Mumbai-based retailer, "prices should normalise by August or October latest, when the Switch 2 is out in more countries." The new Mario Kart World game will be available alongside the console launch. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
