8 place 70
Nintendo's Switch 2 won't be hit by the same component shortages that blighted the launch of other recent consoles and led to months of product scarcity and scalping.
Speaking to investors this week, Nintendo said it had now "resolved" the issue which had seen it unable to manufacture enough Switch 1 hardware to meet demand in previous years. Both Sony, with PlayStation, and Microsoft, with Xbox, faced similar shortages for their own parts.
"That situation has now been resolved," Nintendo president.
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Eurogamer.net
Kids may have a harder time sneaking out with Tesla's rumored update that sends notifications when the car is driven past curfew. Read more ›
2,821 fresh
Johns Hopkins medical students with family incomes under $300,000 will get free tuition starting in fall 2024 to help reduce student debt loads. Read more ›
2,679 fresh
Apple is preparing to release a minor iOS 17.5.2 update for the iPhone, according to a post shared today by an anonymous leaker on X, formerly known as Twitter. The leaker has a private account, so we are not identifying it or linking to it, but they have proven to be a consistently accurate source for upcoming iOS updates. Nothing is known about iOS 17.5.2, beyond the leaker claiming that... Read more ›
2,325 fresh
The Netflix show's creators are already working on more stories in their Karate Kid universe. Read more ›
1,961 fresh
The Bridgewater Associates founder welcomed giving people some financial "wiggle room," but said no-strings cash payments may have negative outcomes. Read more ›
1,767
Former President Donald Trump's platform for the GOP outlines 20 principles, ranging from the economy to keeping "men out of women's sports." Read more ›
1,401 fresh
The United Airlines flight was traveling from Los Angeles to Denver on Monday. Read more ›
1,254 fresh
Microsoft employees without an Apple device will be issued a free iPhone 15, Bloomberg reported. Read more ›
1,041 fresh
Piranha Bytes, the Embracer-owned German studio behind the Gothic, Risen and ELEX series, has reportedly shut down. The embattled publisher Embracer had been seeking a buyer for Piranha Bytes as part of its vast and brutal swathe of cost-cutting that saw multiple studios shut and more than 4500 people lose their jobs - though ultimately was unsuccessful. Job losses at Piranha Bytes were first reported at the end of last... Read more ›
983 fresh
Blake Masters and Abe Hamadeh, fighting for a deep-red House seat in Arizona, are testing the bounds of what will fly in a Republican primary. Read more ›
845 fresh
All of the United States’ most important governing institutions are failing at once. Congress, of course, has long been barely able to function. Every year, it struggles merely to fund the rest of the government, and the risk that it will trigger a debt ceiling breach that would set the global economy on fire is […] Read more ›
835 fresh
Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after the release of the second betas. Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the ‌‌iOS 18‌/‌iPadOS 18‌‌ Developer Beta setting. Note... Read more ›
806 fresh
Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurological expert, met at least once with President Joe Biden's doctor. Read more ›
694 fresh
Starting today, select Walmart stores in the U.S. and Walmart.com will be selling the MacBook Air with the M1 chip at a bargain $649 price. Walmart+ members have early access to the deal as of 12 p.m. Eastern Time today, and it will be available to all Walmart customers starting at 6 p.m. Eastern Time today. Apple first released the MacBook Air with the M1 chip in November 2020, as... Read more ›
673 fresh
David Ellison, the 41-year-old son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, is set to become one of Hollywood's youngest moguls with his Paramount deal. Read more ›
649 fresh
Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2024 raised $2.5M for Doctors Without Borders despite declining viewership since 2017. Read more ›
631 fresh
Russia says it's not responsible for the attack on the children's hospital, but experts are challenging its claims about what happened. Read more ›
620 fresh
Former President Donald Trump's Republican Party has officially adopted a platform that would seek to support cryptocurrency innovation, according to the document released Monday by the Republican National Committee. Read more ›
589 fresh
We still live in a world where new seasons of Futurama exist! The latest arrives July 29 on Hulu, and the first trailer is here. Read more ›
564 fresh
Eurogamer.net
Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropriate action" against anything that would make some players "feel uncomfortable". Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently questioned by a shareholder who said they had "come across cases on social media where Nintendo IP and games are used inappropriately". This "inappropriate" use of Nintendo's characters "poses the risk of damaging" the company's... Read more ›
1,599
Former LA Noire developers are reportedly working on a new psychological thriller set in 1940s Los Angeles, "Sowden House".Two separate posts have popped up on Instagram from performer, composer, and producer Freyja Garbett, who says they've been working on a "HUGE" project "writing for a video game [...] from the creators of LA Noire"."From the creators of LA Noire comes Sowden House, a psychological thriller also set in the 1940’s... Read more ›
1,574
The success of Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty DLC was only possible due to the base game's "negative reception".That's according to senior quest designer Paweł Sasko, who acknowledged that if the original game's 2020 release hadn't been "as negative as it was", "it couldn't have been possible" for expansion Phantom Liberty to have "worked significantly better at launch"."Phantom Liberty worked significantly better at its launch because we completely changed the production... Read more ›
652
Netflix's nascent plans to produce a Horizon Zero Dawn series are "no longer moving forward", it's claimed, following the publication of a Rolling Stone report this week that detailed accusations of "bulling, manipulative and retaliatory behaviour" by its planned showrunner Steve Blackman. The report's allegations relate to Blackman's previous work for Netflix as showrunner on hit series The Umbrella Academy. Blackman has responded to the claims from 12 former colleagues... Read more ›
544
Following last week's briskest of teases, Capcom has properly unveiled Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster - which is bringing its spruced up zombies-in-a-mall action to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC on 19th September, with a physical release to follow. Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster revisits the original 2006 game - in which players, as photojournalist Frank West, have three in-game days to investigate Colorado's sprawling, zombie-infested Willamette Parkview Mall... Read more ›
447
Final Fantasy developer Square Enix has reportedly linked up with Tencent to develop a mobile version of its fan-favourite MMO, Final Fantasy 14.Further to the strategic agreement both companies signed back in 2018, Exputer believes the companies are now working on a mobile port of Final Fantasy 14.It's not clear if the mobile game will be exclusive to one mobile manufacturer, or available on all devices. Read more Read more ›
368
2K is working on an unannounced remake.That's according to the LinkedIn page (via MP1st) of a motion capture animator who has been working at 2K for the last two and a half years.Among the games you'd expect to see on the resume of a developer working at 2K Games – 2K25 WWE, NBA 2K25, that upcoming Mafia game, and the highly-anticipated new BioShock game, to name but a few –... Read more ›
279
Capcom has announced the next (and long-rumoured) entry in the Resident Evil franchise is now in development.The news was shared during Capcom's NEXT broadcast last night, in an oh so casual way. "We're making a new Resident Evil," said Resident Evil 7: Biohazard director Koshi Nakanishi, essentially confirming he will be helming development on the next game."It was really difficult to figure out what to do after [Resident Evil] 7.... Read more ›
263
Somehow I'd missed hit horror movie franchise A Quiet Place was getting a video game adaptation (it turns out I'm just deeply inattentive), but barely a month after its re-reveal, a fresh look at its alien-evading action has come our way - and it definitely shows potential, assuming you've got the constitution for a game of near-silent sneakery and one-wrong-move tension. A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead was actually announced... Read more ›
229
Nintendo will no longer repair your Wii U anywhere in the world, the company has today said. The Japanese repair service for Wii U had still been running until this week, following the closure of customer service for the console elsewhere. But, as of yesterday, 3rd July, the company has now officially run out of spare parts. Nintendo's confirmation today via social media marks another closed chapter for Wii U,... Read more ›
220
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
56% 5 |
MacRumors
|
6% 3 |
|
Eurogamer.net
|
5% 2 |
Android Authority
|
4% 2 |
Tom's Hardware
|
4% 17 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
08.07.2024 17:01
Last update: 16:56 EDT.
News rating updated: 23:50.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
popular
