Nintendo second quarter profit rises 30 percent, misses estimates

OSAKA (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 30 percent rise in second-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, albeit missing analyst estimates, as sales of Switch hardware and games drive its earnings recovery.July-September profit reached 30.9 billion yen(214.17 million pounds), the Kyoto-based gaming company said. That compared with a 36.6 billion yen average of seven analyst estimates, Refinitiv data showed.Nintendo sold 5.07 million of its Switch consoles over April-September. It..