There are rumours that Nintendo has plans to bring the iconic retro Game boy games to its Switch consoles. But this will be for its Switch Online subscription service according to reports.
The console was first spoken about on the “Nate the Hate” podcast, and then again by the Eurogamer as seen by The Verge. Gameboy Colours will also be making the jump to the online subscription service.
Nintendo has responded to the rumours that “we have nothing to announce on this topic”, and that might just confirm the rumours. The company didn’t outright say “No”, it seems to be simply avoiding the discussion.
Switch Online costs $4 a month, $20 and a value of $35 a year for a family membership. Bringing back retro games/phones is now the new norm, as companies bring smash hit titles and smartphones into the future.
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Meanwhile, Nintendo announced its last quarter earning numbers recently; profits declined despite the Switch 89 million unit sale.
The gaming company made net sales of 322.6 billion yen ($2.94 billion) declining 9.9% from last’s year quarter. Whereas operating profits of 119.6 billion yen ($1.09 billion) declining 17.3% from last year.
The Japanese company yesterday, said it sold 4.45 million switches alongside 45.29 million software. Its switch sales fell 21.7% from last year and software sales fell 10.2% from last year’s.
These figures show that people weren’t indoors playing its games as they did last year, at the peak of the global pandemic.
Nintendo’s surge for video games has waned, its smash-hit game Animal Crossing: New Horizons rode on the waves of the pandemic.
This year, Nintendo has no smash-hit title to boast its software sales, hence the decline. Its soon-to-be-released Nintendo Switch OLED will definitely boast sealed despite its lacklustre features.
The switch remains the Japanese company strong product with titles and sales anticipated to increase in the festivities period.
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