The chip shortage would affect Nintendo in the production of Switch consoles. The Japanese company would not reach the target of 25.5 million units sold by March 2022.
The chip shortage is something that hits all companies globally, and a new report ensures that Nintendo is one of the companies most affected by this problem and could not reach the estimated production of consoles Nintendo switch by the year 2022.
Nikkei Asia reported that instead of launching the 30 million Nintendo switch that the Japanese company estimated for next year, it will only release 24.4 million units, a figure that even remains below the numbers it promised to investors (25.5 million units by the end of March 2022) .
The production of Nintendo Switch OLED, the new model of the hybrid console, launched in October without too much trouble integrating chips into its hardwareHowever, scarcity is something they take into account in the company. A spokesperson for Nintendo declared to Nikkei that they are aware of the shortage of semiconductors and that they are evaluating the “impact” on their production.
In the statistics there was a quite significant drop in sales. The report shows that September 2021 sales decreased 37% compared to the same period last year. However, we must bear in mind that Nintendo switch had high sales in 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic, because people needed to stay at home, and what better than to do it with a hybrid console and Animal Crossing New Horizons.
PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, the best-selling consoles in the United States
September was not only a month with low sales for Nintendo switchInstead, the console that topped its 33-month streak was Playstation 5, another device that does its best to stay in stock in an industry that relies on scarce chips.
Nintendo declared a few months ago that among its plans are to sell 25.5 million units of Switch by March 2022. Despite being complicated, the console has already surpassed the barrier of 90 million units in total, which makes it one of the most successful platforms in recent years.