@LArge Productions + Post has launched a NYC office located at the Manhattan studio of The Napoleon Group, one of @LArge’s strategic partners in postproduction. The new shop extends @LArge’s reach on behalf of clients, offering a permanent East Coast presence and expanded services through Napoleon, including storyboards and previsualization.
“Previs and storyboarding are essential to complete production and post, and we now have these exceptional services, along with Napoleon’s other post offerings, at our fingertips,” said @LArge EP Ashley Hydrick.
In speaking about the need for a New York office, @LArge Productions + Post managing director Tracy Mays said, “Our services are offered globally– that’s the essence of the name @LArge – but we always knew that we wanted to have two US offices, LA and NY. The organic relationship with The Napoleon Group provided the right time, right place opportunity for us to realize this vision.”
“Having just entered into a collaboration with @LArge to launch our live action division, Napoleon@LArge, we’re thrilled to be able to partner with Tracy, Ashley, Beth [EP Aranda] and their team to provide a base of operations for them here in New York,” says Napoleon COO Spiro Kafarakis. “Their model reflects an innovative, forward-thinking approach to servicing clients, and we’re certain they’ll find great success in this market.”
The Napoleon Group offers a wide range of post services and talent including animators, editors, designers, illustrators, and character artists. @LArge Productions & Post is an integrated shop that brings global production and post experience to every platform.
Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console
Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale.
Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. reported a 108.7 billion yen ($715 million) profit for the April-September period, as sales slipped 34% from the previous year to 523 billion yen ($3.4 billion).
More than 74% of its sales revenue came from overseas, according to Nintendo, which didn't break down quarterly numbers.
Global Switch sales during the period dropped to 4.7 million machines from 6.8 million units the previous year.
But Nintendo said in a statement that Switch sales were still growing and vowed to stick to its goal of selling a Switch console to each and every individual, not just one Switch per every household.
Nintendo stuck to its earlier projection for a 300 billion yen ($2 billion) profit for the full fiscal year through March 2025, down nearly 29% from the previous fiscal year.
Annual sales were forecast to drop 23% to1.28 trillion yen ($8.4 billion).
It also lowered its Switch sales projection for the fiscal year to 12.5 million units from an earlier forecast to sell 13.5 million.
Nintendo and other game and toy makers rake in their biggest profits during the Christmas shopping season, as well as New Year's, a holiday celebrated with fanfare in Japan, when children receive cash gifts from grandparents and other relatives.
Nintendo has not yet announced details on a successor to the Switch.
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