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Nintendo’s Profits Jump $300 Million After Tariff Refunds And Strong Software Sales

Nintendo’s Profits Jump $300 Million After Tariff Refunds And Strong Software Sales https://ift.tt/qGf1OJR Back in August 2025, Nintendo increased the price of the original Switch console in accordance with ongoing tariffs, but after the US Supreme Court declared these to be unlawful, it didn't hesitate to claim a refund. With the release of its quarterly earnings (April 1 to June 30) for the current financial year, we now have a clear picture of just how much these refunds helped Nintendo, as it recorded a 52% increase in its operating profits year-on-year, totaling $300 million. It's worth noting that Nintendo didn't reach this figure purely with tariff refunds, as the company says that "solid software sales and the resulting increase in the proportion of software in net sales" also helped. The US tariffs--that Nintendo sued the US government over --were previously recorded as cost of sales, and Nintendo also noted that its gross profit margin increased b...

Blue Beetle Ending And Mid-Credits Scene Explained

Blue Beetle Ending And Mid-Credits Scene Explained https://ift.tt/ATRscXd

Blue Beetle is being billed as the first movie of the newly rebooted DC movieverse, but it's not overly concerned about that. This is a small-scale story--a 22-year old kid gets superpowers from an alien relic, and the greedy head of a megacorporation wants that power for a force of armored super-soldiers. There's not much universe-building going on beyond that--it's an entirely standalone story with a few scattered references to other existing superheroes, pretty similar to how most DC and MCU movies have been the past several years.

But while it's not really thinking about what else is currently going on in this new world, it does set up some things for the future, including a direct sequel tease. So while the new DC big screen universe is pretty small today, it won't stay that way for long. Let's look at what happened in Blue Beetle and what it might mean for the future.

Warning: Everything after this point is spoilers.

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