With no big movies or The Legend of Zelda games this quarter, Nintendo’s gross profits have fallen by 45 percent compared to the same period last year.
Sales of Nintendo Switch hardware, now in its eighth year since launch, have also “decreased significantly year-on-year” — and we may not see a notable improvement until the company announces its highly anticipated next-gen console sometime in 2025.
This Its Nice That writeup dives into the animations made by design agency Kreatives to explain how adaptations, rules, equipment, and classifications differ between Paralympic sports and their traditional counterparts.
Kreatives co-founder Franzi Sessler says “We wanted to move away from the typical explainer video style and tell the story from the athlete’s perspective.” You can check them out on the official Paralympic social accounts.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook and Instagram are still running ads that promote online marketplaces for illegal drugs — including cocaine, hallucinogens, and prescription opioids — months after the publication first noted that Meta was facing a federal investigation for doing so.
Meta says it will continue working with law enforcement, and will “invest resources and further improve our enforcement” to combat this type of activity.
