| **Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)**                                                               | 12 Months Ended |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
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| **Revenue, Major Customer and Geographic Information [Line Items]**                                         |            |   |   |
| Entity Wide Revenue By Major Customer Percent Of Revenue Did Not Exceed Ten Percent                         | 10.00%          |   |   |
| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | GameStop Corp [Member]          |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer and Geographic Information [Line Items]**                                         |            |   |   |
| Entity Wide Revenue By Major Customer Percent Of Revenue                                                    | 13.00%          | 13.00% | 15.00% |
| United States [Member]                                                                                      |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer and Geographic Information [Line Items]**                                         |            |   |   |
| Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Entity's Country of Domicile  | 99.00%          |   |   |
| Switzerland [Member]                                                                                        |            |   |   |
| **Revenue, Major Customer and Geographic Information [Line Items]**                                         |            |   |   |
| Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Basis for Attributing Revenue to Countries                                  | 1171            | 885 | 589 |
| Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries, Percentage | 33.00%          | 23.00% | 14.00% |

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EntityWideDisclosureOnGeographicAreasRevenueFromExternalCustomersAttributedToForeignCountriesPercentage
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| - Definition
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| - Definition
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| - Definition
Basis for attributing revenues from external customers to individual countries.
+ References
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