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Nintendo Won't Focus On Making Switch 2 Games Exclusively, Switch 1 Remains Important

Nintendo Won't Focus On Making Switch 2 Games Exclusively, Switch 1 Remains Important https://ift.tt/OrYBS7c Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has stressed how vital it is for the company to keep driving sales of Switch 1 games, even though the Switch 2 has come to market. During the company's latest earnings briefing , Furukawa said, "I believe it is important that we consider how to expand the entire software business, including titles for both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2." He said Nintendo should take this approach as opposed to "focusing only on sales of Nintendo Switch 2 software." Furukawa said this in response to a question about the slowed sales of Switch 2-exclusive Mario Kart World after the company discontinued the hardware bundle that included the game. The executive said Mario Kart World remains an "important title" for Nintendo and that he expects it to continue to sell throughout the lifecycle of the Switch 2. Continue R...

Microsoft's Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard Fully Approved In South Africa Amid FTC Case In US

Microsoft's Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard Fully Approved In South Africa Amid FTC Case In US https://ift.tt/6Yzcdmn

Microsoft's deal to buy Activision Blizzard has been approved by another global regulatory body. South Africa's Competition Commission announced on April 17 that Microsoft has unconditional approval to close the deal through its sub-division called Anchorage (as of July 3, the recommendation to approve the deal has now been fully completed). This follows approvals of the deal in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Serbia, Chile, and Japan. All of this is happening against the backdrop of the ongoing Microsoft/Activision Blizzard merger lawsuit in the US involving the FTC.

"The South African Competition Commission recommended approval of our merger with Microsoft based on a thorough review of the facts about competition in the gaming industry. We appreciate this additional affirmation from an important global regulator," Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said in a press statement.

The Competition Tribunal in South Africa has now "unconditionally approved" the merger. What happened here is the Competition Commission recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the deal, and the Competition Tribunal has now done just that.

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