For the nine months ended September, net profit grew 17.9 percent from a year earlier as the weaker yen boosted its repatriated overseas earnings.
The firm also revised upward its net profit forecast for the current business year through March to
Group sales are now expected to climb 1.8 percent from the year before to
Overall sales of the popular Switch game consoles slumped 7.8 percent in the nine months to 13.74 million units, while that of software titles dropped 4.7 percent to 163.95 million units.
"Sales (of the console) have been sufficiently steady. We will continue to center our business on the Switch for the next quarter," President
However, he did not elaborate on a successor console to the Switch, which has been the subject of much speculation.
The
For the nine months ended December, its operating profit grew 13.1 percent to
The success of the blockbuster film "The Super
==Kyodo
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