Nintendo’s Switch success owes much to one of the company’s bigger mistakes

Switch is, as it turns out, working as intended.

Nintendo’s sorta-console/sorta-handheld has taken off in a big way since its March 2017 launch, and one of the big reasons for that — to no great surprise, really — is the fact that it delivers on its core value proposition. Fans have taken to the hybrid console approach.

For proof, look no further than Nintendo’s six-month earnings report for fiscal 2017 (which is the period covering April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018). There’s a handy graph that breaks down some key usage stats. Read more…

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