Nintendo seeks to improve the efficiency of its shipments in the coming months.
In this time of economic crisis in which we find ourselves due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic that are still dragging some markets, the war in Ukraine, the scarcity of raw materials, the increase in fuel prices, transport and inflation in general, many companies are choosing to Reduce costs from where they can. In terms of video games, Nintendo would be one of the first to make cuts, at least in the size of your boxes.
According to the latest rumors, Nintendo will reduce the size of the boxes of its Nintendo Switch consoles for improve the efficiency of your transport. That is, the smaller the package size, the more can be transported in a single trip and save costs.
According to Japanese media NikkeiNintendo will reduce the size of the boxes of the original Nintendo Switch by up to 20% to make your transport more efficient at all levels and to be able to move more units around the world. At the moment it seems that the Nintendo Switch OLED box will not receive changes, since it is around 15% smaller than the original Nintendo Switch.
We will see if this movement is translated in some way in the next sales results of the Japanese console, apart from in the company’s accounts. So far, Nintendo Switch has already managed to sell 111 million consoles and aims to be one of the best-selling in history.
Uncertain future for Nintendo Switch
Recently, Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, confirmed to the media that the future of Nintendo Switch production is uncertain for the coming months is uncertain. In the same way that the rest of the console manufacturers, Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo faces a still shortage of raw materials that makes it difficult to manufacture new electronic products.