TOKYO: Nintendo said Tuesday its first-half net profit leaped 25.4% year-on-year to $574 million as blockbuster game titles helped boost demand for its popular Switch console.
The Kyoto-based game giant reported net profit for the six months to September of 64.6 billion yen (US$574 million) on sales of 388.9 billion yen, up 4.0%.
For the year to March, it maintained its optimistic annual targets, expecting a net profit of 165 billion yen on sales of 1.2 trillion.