By Sam Nussey
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd on Thursday said it expects to sell 24 million of its Switch games consoles in the year ending March 2021, up from a forecast of 19 million but still seen as cautious, as the COVID-19 pandemic drives a gaming boom.
The Kyoto-based gaming company also hiked its operating profit forecast by 50% to 450 billion yen ($4.3 billion) as titles such as "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" bring new consumers to the Switch in its fourth year on the market.
Operating profit for July-September alone more than doubled from the same period a year earlier to 147 billion yen, Reuters calculations showed, with Nintendo reporting first-half operating earnings were 291 million yen.
Home of the enduring "Super Mario" franchise, Nintendo had been reluctant ...
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