Sony responds to concerns about Nintendo Switch 2 impacting PlayStation’s business
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Following the recent Nintendo Switch 2 launch, Sony has responded to investor concerns that the system could have a negative impact on its PlayStation business.
The gaming industry is more collaborative than it used to be, but there’s still ultimately competition. Consumers only have a certain amount of money and time to spend on different platforms. And now here comes Nintendo Switch 2 – which seems to be off to a hot start and has significantly better technical specs than its predecessor.
Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Hideaki Nishino first addressed investor concerns about increased competition for PlayStation and third-party relationships given Nintendo Switch 2’s improved specs. Regarding that, he said:
Famitsu software sales (6/2/25 – 6/8/25) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 782,566 / NEW
2. [NSW] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – 45,703 / NEW
3. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 17,180 / 111,904
4. [NSW] Natsume’s Book of Friends: Hazuki no Shirushi – 16,865 / NEW
5. [PS5] Elden Ring Nightreign – 12,064 / 54,822
6. [NS2] Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 10,877 / NEW
7. [NS2] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 7,992 / NEW
8. [NS2] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 7,529 / NEW
9. [NS2] Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut – 7,486 / NEW
10. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 6,771 / 1,317,174
Video: Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch 2 vs. Switch comparison
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A new video has emerged comparing Splatoon 3 on Nintendo Switch 2 and the original Switch.
Yesterday, a special 10.0.0 update was released for the game. While there’s a ton included such as additional content, there are specific improvements for those playing on the new console. Nintendo promised more detailed visuals, an improved frame rate in certain areas (essentially now everything is 60 frames per second), and more. Now we get to see
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Mario Kart World online play and more down due to huge Google Cloud internet outage [update: back up]
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Original: No, it’s not just you – online play for Mario Kart World is down, along with other Nintendo services and plenty of other things across the internet.
The culprit seems to be a massive outage with Google Cloud. Mario Kart World’s online play uses this, so online is currently broken. The game will try searching for players, but will eventually time out with a server communication issue and the error code 231-4608 given.
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Switch 2 is Nintendo’s fastest-selling hardware ever in the U.S.
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According to the latest information provided by Nintendo, Switch 2 is the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware in the United States. That’s based on the system’s first four days of availability. Nintendo has confirmed that detail specifically.
On top of that, we’re also hearing that Nintendo Switch 2 sales in all regions were approximately twice those of the Nintendo Switch 1 across both consoles’ first four days on the market.
Disgaea 7 Complete announced for Nintendo Switch 2
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Disgaea 7 Complete is on the way to Nintendo Switch 2, NIS America just announced. The game launches exclusively on the console this fall.
Disgaea 7 originally came to Nintendo Switch at the start of 2023. The Complete version did arrive on Nintendo Switch last year, but only in Japan. This new version has new features and content such as uncapped stats and new challenges. All DLC will be packed in as well.
Here’s the official overview from NIS America:
Famitsu sales (6/2/25 – 6/8/25) – Nintendo Switch 2 launch sales revealed
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Fantasy Life i 1.3.0 update improves graphics on Nintendo Switch 2 and more, patch notes
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Level-5 issued a new version 1.1.0 update for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, and while it’s out on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch, there are specific graphical improvements on the new console.
The patch improves shadows and reflection effects, and extends the distance at which objects are rendered on Nintendo Switch 2. A number of other features and fixes are also included.
Here’s the full rundown:
Splatoon 3 version 10.0.0 update patch notes
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Nintendo has just posted the patch notes for the Splatoon 3 version 10.0.0 update, which rolls out tonight.
The big update was announced yesterday, which is bringing in new content and more. For Nintendo Switch 2 players, there are some specific improvements planned. There’ll also be more weapon adjustments, bug fixes and more.
The full rundown is as follows:
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Fast Fusion tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution
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Thanks to Digital Foundry, we have new technical details about Fast Fusion on Nintendo Switch 2, and as usual information is available about things like frame rate and resolution. There are also interesting tidbits about the use of DLSS which is negatively impacting image quality, though that’ll be addressed with a new option coming with a patch shortly.
Here’s the full roundup:
