An employee handles a box of Nintendo Co. Switch game console at a Bic Camera Inc. electronics store in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, March 3, 2017. Nintendo shares rose on Friday to their highest in a month after a smooth debut of Switch, a hybrid console that aims to bring together the worlds of mobile and home gaming. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
TOKYO: Nintendo expects to sell 10 million units of the new Switch game console over the next year, the company said, as it bets big on the successor to its poor-selling Wii U.
The forecast came as Nintendo reported its net profit in the just-ended business year soared more than six-fold, though operating profit and revenue fell from a year ago.
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