Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. On this week’s ESI Digest we cover, Team Liquid’s […]
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Nintendo President Says Cloud Gaming Not A "Top Priority" For Company
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa, who took over as company head in June 2018, succeeding Tatsumi Kimishima, is currently reviewing Nintendo’s latest financial reports and developing long-term plans for Nintendo Switch. In a recent interview with Nikkei, he detailed Nintendo’s current strategy, which does not include cloud gaming. In the past, Furukawa has stated that cloud […]
President Trump's Executive Order Against TikTok Could Impact Big Game Publishers
President Trump has issued a pair of executive orders to ban transactions with TikTok and WeChat, the latter of which is owned by Tencent, a company with a huge presence in games. It’s unclear as of yet what this could mean for various game publishers in the US, but there’s a possibility that they will […]
Nintendo president apologizes for Joy-Con drift
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa addressed the company’s ongoing problems with Joy-Con drift during a financial Q&A posted recently. Furukawa said the company apologizes for “any trouble caused to our customers,” noting that Nintendo is “continuing to aim to improve” its products. Of course, Nintendo is still facing a class-action lawsuit — filed in the United […]