The hybrid console receives a new tuning in its firmware, where the official description warns about error correction.
Nintendo has released update 9.1.0 of Nintendo Switch. The hybrid console thus receives a new firmware version after the arrival of its last two releases of the season, Pokémon Sword and Shield and Luigi’s Mansion 3. According to the official note, the patch does not include noticeable changes.
On the one hand, version 9.1.0 of Nintendo Switch brings improvements in overall system stability — it applies to Nintendo Switch (2017 model), Nintendo Switch (2019 model) and Nintendo Switch Lite, the family's only portable version . In addition, a problem has been resolved where the animation of the Joy-Con LEDs did not emit the light correctly when connected to Nintendo Switch. They have not transcended more details.
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Nintendo Switch, 41 million units sold in two and a half years
Nintendo Switch has become the best selling console of this past Black Friday in the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States. The console has broken sales records in a single week (the five-day period where both Thanksgiving and Black Friday are contemplated) and has been imposed on PS4 and Xbox One despite not having noticeable discounts on its retail price.
According to the latest financial report published by Nintendo in October (figures as of September 30, 2019), the Nintendo Switch family of consoles has already sold more than 41 million units worldwide, of which 1.95 million correspond with Nintendo Switch Lite in its first ten days computed. If we stick to games, works like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe accumulate more than 19 million units, while The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening has sold more than 3.13 million units in just one month. In total, since the launch of the console last March 2017, more than 246 million games have been sold.
Nintendo and Tencent have made official the arrival of the console to China after receiving legal approval from the regulatory bodies of the Chinese government. In just a few hours more than 100,000 units had been reserved.
The future of Nintendo Switch already has a few names on the way: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, Snack World: Dungeon in Dungeon, Panzer Dragoon Remake, Deadly Premonition 2, Rune Factory 4 Pecial, the adapted version of The Outer Worlds, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, a new Brain Tranining and more.
