{"id":14860,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14860"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:27","slug":"nintendo-beats-earnings-thanks-to-us-tariff-refunds-it-wont-share-with-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14860","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won&#8217;t share with gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Jess Weatherbed<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 6, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch 2 graphic.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/STKR001_NINTENDO_SWITCH_3_F.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its customers likely won&#8217;t receive anything from the latter. In its latest financial results, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/events\/index.html\">Nintendo reports<\/a> that operating profits soared to 142.5 billion yen (about $902 million) between April 1st and June 30th, compared to 56.9 billion yen (about $360 million) for the same quarter last year &#8211; an increase of 150.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This spike is partially attributed to a boom in game sales, with Switch 2 software sales increasing by 9.2 percent compared to the previous year, and software for the original Sw \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/976054\/nintendo-earnings-q1-2027-tariff-refund\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/976054\/nintendo-earnings-q1-2027-tariff-refund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jess Weatherbed &bull; August 6, 2026 Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its customers likely won&#8217;t receive anything from the latter. In its latest financial results, Nintendo reports that operating profits soared to 142.5 billion yen (about $902 million) between<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14860\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}