Nintendo cautious on Switch China launch timeline, dampens low-cost console talk


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 25 Apr 2019

The Nintendo booth is shown at the E3 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/ Mike Blake/Files

OSAKA: Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd cautioned it will take time for the launch of its Switch console in China and dampened speculation about introducing a low-cost version of the device.

Nintendo’s partner Tencent Holdings won approval last week to sell the hybrid home-portable device in China. But though Nintendo chief executive Shuntaro Furukawa praised Tencent and the partnership on April 25, he said Switch sales in China wouldn’t begin soon.

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