What Hot New Tech Gadgets Mean for the Companies That Make Them

With the holidays rolling in, new gadgets from companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nintendo are more popular than ever with consumers. In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Tech, analysts Dylan Lewis and Dan Kline explain what products like the Nintendo Switch and the Fitbit (NYSE: FIT) Ionis really mean for the companies that make them and how they fit into their business strategy.

Find out how the Switch is revitalizing Nintendo, even though the company makes very little (maybe even negative) margin on the console itself, how the Fitbit Ionis is different from the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Watch, what Fitbit has to do to make it in an increasingly tough smartwatch market, what the new line of Xboxes will mean for Microsoft's bottom line, and more.

A full transcript follows the video.

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