(Yicai) Nov. 27 — Tencent Holdings, the distributor of the Nintendo Swap in China, will step by step shut the console’s Chinese language on-line retailer and cease offering associated community providers.
The Nintendo eShop will halt the sale of video games and different software program within the Chinese language market on March 31, 2026, Shenzhen-based Tencent introduced yesterday. From Could 15, 2026, all obtain and code redemption providers on eShop may even be suspended.
As compensation, Tencent mentioned that customers of the Swap Chinese language version can redeem their codes for as much as 4 Nintendo on-line video games or software program by WeChat between right now and March 31, 2026.
The net retailer of the Swap Chinese language version has at all times been operated by a community service supplier that has partnered with Nintendo for a very long time, Chinese language know-how media 36Kr reported, citing sources.
Nevertheless, because of latest adjustments in its Chinese language enterprise, the community service supplier is unable to switch its operations to a different firm, the 36Kr supply added. Consequently, Tencent needed to make related changes.
Tencent partnered with Nintendo in April 2019 to convey the Japanese firm’s moveable console to the Chinese language market. In December of that yr, the pair collectively introduced the launch of a battery-life-extended model of the Swap.
In line with the newest information launched by Tencent, the Chinese language version of the Swap bought a couple of million copies within the fourth quarter of 2020.
Editor: Futura Costaglione
