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Investing
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Investing
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Investing
2026-02-03 09:37:00|
Engadget
The original Switch just became Nintendos best-selling console ever with 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the DS which sold 154.02 million units from 2004-2011. It was part of a holiday surge that saw the company move 7.01 million Switch 2s (and 17.37 million through Q3 of its fiscal year), making it the fastest-selling dedicated video platform released by Nintendo to date, the company said in its earnings report. Despite being supplanted by the Switch 2, the Switch keeps selling decently (1.36 million units in Q3 fiscal 2026), due to its relatively cheap price. Nintendo reported last year that it was just trailing the DS in sales and would likely surpass it after Christmas. The Switch is now just 5.27 million units behind Sonys PS2, the best-selling console of all time so Nintendo would have to keep selling it for at least a couple more years to get the record. The Switch 2, meanwhile, has been a sales machine. With high holiday sales that exceeded expectations, Nintendo should easily reach its 19 million sales goal for fiscal 2026 ending March 31 this year. The company has already (easily) busted through its original sales forecast of 15 million consoles set earlier in 2025. Game sales were also strong, with Mario Kart World hitting 14 million units and Donkey Kong Bananza selling 4.25 million since the Switch 2s launch. With all that, the company saw 803.32 billion yen in sales for Q3 ($5.2 billion), up 86 percent over last year but a bit less than expected, and 159.93 billion yen in profit ($1.03 billion), 20 percent higher than the same period last year. Whether the company can continue that may depend on the strength of its upcoming game lineup. Two of those key titles are Mario Tennis Fever expected on February 12 and Pokemon Pokopia arriving in March. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-switch-just-surpassed-the-ds-as-nintendos-best-selling-console-ever-083700901.html?src=rss
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Marketing and Advertising
Instead of polished resumes and measured conversations with recruitment consultants who have targets to hit, LIA Staffing is inviting workers to pull up a barstool.Tenshoku Soudan BAR (Career Consultation Bar), which opened in January 2026 in Yokohama, allows professionals to discuss their work dissatisfaction over drinks with career advisors. The bar-style setting is designed to lower the psychological barriers that often prevent people from seeking career guidance in the first place particularly in a culture where admitting professional uncertainty can feel like admitting failure.The service is free, funded through LIA Staffing's recruitment business, which presumably benefits from building relationships with potential candidates long before they're ready to make a move. The Yokohama location had already booked fifteen-plus appointments before opening, suggesting the format resonates with workers who want to talk through their options without immediately being pushed towards an outcome.TREND BITEThe consumer tension here isn't active job-hunting it's the fog that precedes it. Many workers aren't ready to quit, but they're not okay either: mild burnout, identity drift, the nagging question of whether the problem is them or their employer. In Japan, where open dissatisfaction still carries stigma and loyalty norms run deep, that uncertainty is particularly hard to voice. Tenshoku Soudan BAR reframes career anxiety as a normal, shareable human experience. In doing so, it hints at a template for "pre-decision" guidance across life domains, from housing to relationships. Start casual. Listen first. Remove the pressure to decide.
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Marketing and Advertising
2026-02-03 00:42:31|
Engadget
Anime fans won't be getting any respite from the streaming service price hikes that now feel inevitable on every platform every couple of years. Crunchyroll announced today that it will be increasing the monthly costs for all its plans by $2. That means the Fan tier will now run you $10 a month, the Mega Fan Tier is $14 a month and the Ultimate Fan Tier is $18 a month. The platform introduced its Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan options in 2020, with both at long last giving viewers an option to watch shows offline. The silver lining in today's price changes is that the Fan members are getting the same offline viewing option, although it's limited to one device. Crunchyroll is further enticing the people who might now be more interested in the Fan level by offering a discount on the annual plan for that tier; you can get a year's access for a limited time for $67. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/crunchyroll-increases-prices-for-all-anime-streaming-plans-234231265.html?src=rss
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