japanese earnings including sharp and nintendo.d of those results, let's take a quick look at the videogame industry, seeing the effect of covid on stay-at-home entertainment, demand waning in some parts of the world. they reported weaker software sales in the earnings report. nintendo expected to follow suit. joining us now to discuss is our senior editor. how does it perform when it comes to the gaming division? >> when you look at some of the overall, they had a great quarter. they beat estimates, raised the forecast, which is quite unusual for them to do in the first quarter. as you say, a lot of focus was on the gaming division and that had a weaker quarter as you would expect. not so much because of sales. they are selling every place that they can make -- as soon as they make them. but the demand is waning that we see. we saw this through software sales. not as much of a software platform. also the demand for playstation plus where we saw a quite unusual drop in subscribers and in monthly active users. because sony is the ty

and outperforming nintendo by 50% this year.oll that microsoft has been on. >> yeah, i wish i could do that sound effect when mario gets hurt when he shrinks, but nintendo is focused on game play and they know how to come back. >> i still play switch all the time. >> my kids do too. charlie sheen and ashton kutcher, pam's mom on "the office," sometimes you need a fill-in and that's what the government is saying to intel. they're looking to buy a super computer containing nvidia as a place holder as they wait on one from intel and the intel machine touted as the fastest computer when it was announced in 2019 is going to eventually find a home in chicago. it isn't supposed to be a replacement, but an understudy see, i don't know how you find the time with all of the reporting that you do and the humans that you take care of to play switch, but you can - >> yeah. did i just accidentally reveal i still play the switch, it's true but i have kids to play it so there you go. and producers too. i will say, on this very show, that still

to the downside, names like nintendo.essure as china's efforts to curb sectors on the mainland are taking effect. the dollar holds its gains and bank of america is saying we could see a strong rally in the second half. in commodities, new york crude is holding at 67. the short-term outlook for demand on the spread of the delta variant, oil could fall to $50. >> let's turn to craft and making its debut this morning -- craft -- krafton making its debut this morning. it raised 3.8 billion dollars in south korea's largest ipo in over a decade. a record year for korean ipos. less than a week after another company started trading. the stock is not cheap, but it is not necessarily overly priced either. paul, what is happening with it today? ipos, but it wasn't really popular relative to other ipos. there's not much popularity there. the ipo valuation was not particularly cheap, but i don't think it was overly expensive. if you look at other gaining companies in korea, they are trading at 30 times to 40 times per. if i had to pic

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the big news in japan today is if nintendo will be added to the cake. -- nikkei.ave been made by regulators. now the door seems to be wide open. that is another thing investors will be watching very sleepy. >> whether that campaign will be fulfilled after all these years. look at my part of the world, we are seeing a lower start to trading when it comes to that february open here in sydney. we are getting the second-quarter gdp numbers. some strength when it comes to the value of exports. the third quarter numbers won't be very weak from consumption as well as a services point of view. the aussie dollar along with the kiwi, strong outperformance. seeing a little bit of upside when it comes to aussie training against the greenback at the moment. a big moment for aussie stocks as well. 11 straight months of gains. this is about a 10th of 1%. the kiwi dollar holding at 70.51 u.s.. asia is outpacing the regional benchmark. that 50 day moving average, look at the chart. we are seeing that correlation with u.s. stocks slightly back in the positive. the index is back up

the first challenge -- [ cheers and applause first up, there's talk of nintendo working on a new "superady. >> okay. okay >> jimmy: good luck. ♪ ♪ bounce around the castl and i'm dodgin all the goombas ♪ ♪ sucking u a bunch of coins and items like a roomba ♪ ♪ popped a couple shrooms to power u to get the princess ♪ ♪ riding yosh past the flag so peach is really impressed ♪ ♪ bowser is a bully but i got suppor from toad though ♪ ♪ it's "super mario bros" nintendo is the logo now it's on the big screen shout out miyamoto ♪ ♪ and if you need a cheat code i'll nick it to yo post show ♪ ♪ i'm on that promo thoug and if you go slow i'ma throw pills and light you up ♪ ♪ like rainbow road s grab your overalls and get you runnin like some cardio ♪ ♪ but you can have luig 'cause it's-a me mario ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: yeah come on now! come on now! yes! come on now! that's what i'm talking about! how did you do that? how do you do that [ cheers and applause >> let's go. >> jimmy: how do you do that >> let's go. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. that was amazing oh, my gosh. for this next one --

nintendo shares -- the company maintained its forecast with chip shortages weighing on production. the bloomberg business flash. anna: corporate news very much in the news. the shipping giant merck, saying the outlook for the third quarter is strong. the global shipping boom expected to keep growing. it did upgrade earlier this week. the company announced it is buying two companies. join us on bloomberg is the mer sk ceo. telus, what will these two purchases enable you to do that you cannot do already? >> it is accord limit of our strategy to grow. being able to sell more logistics services to our ocean customers. we grew at 38% in the same quarter year after year. we are increasing our capability in the fastest-growing segment. namely, e-commerce. we will be able to offer customers a transfer in containers into warehouses in europe. the orchestration of the final delivery to the end consumer. anna: that is the capability these deals add on. let me ask you about the 2021 performance. you said the q3 outlook is strong. the second quarter would most likely represent the peak. does th

ashley: that kind of makes sense, nintendo down 2%.. disney up 2.25% at 176. salessales force. com, david bh send doing well. marathon oil up 8%. susan talked about wynn, up 7 1/2%. the energy patch, devon energy up 6 1/2%. let's look at the nasdaq winners if we have them. there we go. booking holdings up 5.94%. that is an all-time high i am told in my ear. fox corps up nearly 6% and xilinx, i'm not sure how you say it, up 3.25%. good for them. let's look at hostess if we can, the twinkie makers if you were wondering up 4 1/2% after reporting strong earnings yesterday afternoon. the ceo, andy callahan is with us now. great to have you with us, andy. as more people go out, and eat out more what does that mean for your company? >> well i tell you it's a good time for hostess. we continue to sustain our growth, our profitable growth. we performed well during the pandemic and after the pandemic. we have two usage occasions. we are available on the go. as consumers get back on the go, our on the go business, sweet baked goods is increasing

talking about nintendo, and of course the lack of transparency when it comes to acting what softbank with these earnings. of course that buyback announcement is very much in focus for what investors will be looking out for. daybreak asia is next, as we continue to count down to the start of trading in asia. sydney futures up by about .3%. kind of a drifting, mixed picture going into the open. this is bloomberg. ♪ is bloomberg. ♪ - [announcer] imagine having fuller, thicker, more voluminous hair instantly. all it takes is just one session at hairclub. introducing xtrands. xtrands adds hundreds or even thousands of hair strands to your existing hair at the root. they're personalized to match your own natural hair color and texture, so they'll blend right in for a natural, effortless look. call in the next five minutes and when you buy 500 strands, you get 500 strands free. call right now. (upbeat music) welcome to daybreak: asia. i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. sophie: we are counting down to asia's measure market -- major market opens. shery: asian traders worry about tapering as u

one of its competitors, nintendo as well.sia-pacific analysts are saying that this is a reminder that we are not at peak china regulatory risk at. alix: such a great point, and very difficult for investors. we are waiting for new york city mayor bill de blasio begin speaking at a press conference. the rumor is he's going to require restaurants and customers to show proof of vaccination before dining indoors. bloomberg's senior editor for health care drew armstrong joins us now. walk us through what we know with these potential restrictions. drew: we end others have reported that for a lot of indoor activities, vaccination proof is going to be required to dine in restaurants. in a place like new york, you have a little over half of the population fully vaccinated. obviously for people who have been following this, much higher in manhattan, much less high-end some of the outer boroughs. one of the questions is what is this going to look like. we have seen airline flight attendants having to get in altercations with passengers o

i'm not a gamer since the nintendo days.t are some of the other applications outside of games, will we see this in the boardrooms will we have a vr tv set here one day where instead of you sitting there in your piano, you're sitting here on set but you're next to your piano. what are the broader applications for this technology. >> so that is where the meta verse kicks in this is a big news this week mark zuckerberg has said he wanted to transition facebook into a meta verse based company within five years. he demoed this horizon work room application which is not gaming, it is for -- but you have to wear the oculus plus two that cost $299 today so that device has come down to a consumer price that at least is realistic for people to wear so certainly you could imagine it in sort of a meeting setting. the other places that it is very clear that where we're heading is fitness, there is start up called raptor that makes glasses that you could wear and your v vitals and how long you road that is about $600 that is existing toda

super mario brothers was released in 1985 for the nintendo entertainment system gaming system.a lot of folks to do to do to remember that. that new game definitely remembers it tonight. meanwhile, a live look at downtown tokyo as the summer olympics starting to wind down the closing ceremonies will be held sunday night, which is tomorrow morning. our time in today's destination. japan we continue to pay tribute to the japanese culture and history tyco or drums or a japanese tradition dating all the way back to 500 a d the booming beats have been used throughout history by the military for communication entertainment and more recently social movements. jacqueline abad shows us the centuries old art form. >> tyco means drum in japanese. the musical group portland tyco has been around since 1994. and since then they've been educating others about japanese and asian american culture. >> it's that drumbeat. it's the polls that that attracts people and i think brings everyone together, right. because we all have heartbeat. we all feel that it's the the beats. >> the movements. >> and

super mario brothers game just became the most expensive single video game ever sold the unopened nintendoiginally went up for sale in 2020 and the sellers declined an offer for a $140,000. but this week an anonymous buyer agreed to pay 2 million dollars for it. i could see why the 140,000 rejected. the game is from 1985 and is still factory-sealed, which makes it even more rare and valuable the game beat the previous record which was a super mario 64 game that sold for 1.5 million dollars at an auction. time now to check in with newsnation to see what they're working on tonight. tonight on the dollar report. his employer says get the covid vaccine or don't come to work. he says it's unnecessary. we'll talk with the college professor. >> now suing his university about why he won't get the shot. and what are your options if you're in the same situation. now, here's leland vittert with a preview of on bout. >> thanks, joe. paris. police scouting for vaccine passports right at the dinner table. could this be coming to a city near you. would any us state. >> allowing that's com ng up on balanc

if so, what is that threshold, so, doctor for nintendo? i might i might. pick on you first, uh and then see, who else wants to address that? certainly, thank you, kim, uh, you know, last winter, our hospitals in the bay area where perilously close to full last winter. we saw it in other areas of the country, including southern california. um. heart rending stories about hospitals being overwhelmed. ambulances waiting six hours or longer to offload their patients into an emergency room patients having to be transferred, um far away, even to other parts of the state to find an available hospital or i see you bet even hospitals running out of oxygen. we did not get to that point in the bay area, but we got really close. we don't want to get there. we are currently in contra costa county, less than half of our winter peak hospitalization. i am very hopeful that with increased vaccinations, we've seen increased vaccination rates. um in the last few few weeks with increased, uh, interest in the public and getting vaccinated and with the addition of this masking

take a look at nintendo. the worst state since february of 2019 after a miss in fourth-quarter profits. -- first quarter profits. they said they will buy back shares but that is not enough to alleviate concerns that gaining can -- demand could have peace. they maintain their forecast for 22% drop in operating profits for the fiscal year. they have not done well with semi conductor shortages and logistics continuing to impact production of their popular switch consul. the first quarter profit is estimates -- missed estimates and they fall more than 10%. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ♪ shery: the rating has been flashed to one of the lowest levels of junk buying s&p saying the crisis of confidence by investors and lenders could squeeze the developers access to funding. this comes ahead of long-awaited results from the other debt ridden firm. let's bring in our china private at a work rebecca. you're the expert of the year. we have talked about huarong for so long. let's start with evergreen. that is a big story. downw

she loves to have a good time and when she went to tokyo, apparently she took her xbox, her nintendoell a story about what she is doing for her mom. steve: gives me goosebumps. ainsley: i know. steve: she has worked her entire life to win an olympic gold. she got it and she now gets the gold, but she actually gets some cash. at $37,000 is what each american gets for a gold, so she's going to take 30 of the 37,000 and give it to her mother because her mother-- remember, she just achieved her treatment she wants her mother to achieve her dream, which is to have a food truck and so she's going to bite her mom a food truck. lawrence: with 30,000 dollars in its every child dream to help the parents get back to them for investing so much. she comes off as an incredibly selfless person. this is her moment. it should be all about her, but her entire speech has been all about the people that have impacted her life including her country. you know-- steve: we used to hear speeches like that all the time where people were appreciative, so it's great that she is very verbal. it's how exactly she