Nintendo’s Dream of Gaming On-the-Go Gets a Reality Check

  • Attempt to unify console and handheld gaming fails to impress
  • Shares decline after company releases Switch video trailer

Nintendo Introduces Hybrid Game Console

Source: Nintendo
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Nintendo Co.’s big idea for the next gaming trend is one machine that works equally well as a mobile gadget as it does on a big TV screen. So far, few are impressed.

A highly-anticipated trailer released on Thursday for the device, called Switch, failed to excite investors or gamers after months of speculation that the Kyoto-based company would come up a fresh twist on video games, like it did with the motion-based Wii in 2006.