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Former Xbox Vice President Worried Game Pass Could Hurt The Industry
5Ed Fries, the former Microsoft vice president of game publishing who launched the original Xbox, recently appeared on a podcast where he discussed some concerns he has regarding Xbox Game Pass. Fries said that he’s “scared” that the service could lead to a future in which folks stop buying games, opting instead to just pay…
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Nintendo Still Silent On Workplace Allegations Despite Acknowledging Them Internally
It’s been nearly a month since a former employee filed a National Labour Relations Board complaint against Nintendo alleging surveillance, coercion, and retaliation. Outside of an initial statement denying the company engaged in union-busting, the house of Mario has remained publicly silent in the face of an increasing number of allegations of bad working conditions…
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Switch Is Still Outselling Everything Else Despite Ongoing Chip Shortage
Today, in its annual earnings statement, Nintendo cited the ongoing chip shortage as a reason for a precipitous annual dip in Switch hardware sales…while in the same breath saying it hit company targets. Well, technically.
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Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Repair Centre Was Constantly Overwhelmed, Claims Former Supervisor
If you live east of the Mississippi River and you’ve ever had to send your Switch to Nintendo due to Joy-Con drift, then it definitely passed through a single repair shop in Syracuse, New York. Though Nintendo handled the process for submitting repairs, the actual work was performed by a company called United Radio. According…