Nintendo Switch, Like Sony PS5, Is Also Struggling With Supply Due to Ongoing Chip Shortage

We all know Sony’s struggles with preserving the PlayStation 5 shares sufficient to meet the outrageous demand the Japanese maker’s newest gaming console. Sony’s CFO additionally lately hinted that the corporate’s scarcity of shares could spill into 2022 as properly. Now, it’s being reported that even Nintendo could also be taking a look at a scarcity of shares for its Switch due to the scarcity of semiconductors. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa lately prompt that the scarcity of semiconductors is constraining manufacturing for Switch, which suggests the hand-held console could also be troublesome to buy within the close to future. Furukawa expressed the uncertainty over Switch manufacturing in a current name following the publication of Nintendo’s incomes outcomes.

“Due to the worldwide scarcity of semiconductor supplies, we aren’t ready to produce all of the merchandise we wish to. We are doing all the things we are able to, however there may be an growing sense of uncertainty about manufacturing plans,” Furukawa was quoted in a Video Game Chronicle report as saying. Nintendo is expected to ship about 25.5 million Switch units in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. This is less than the number of Nintendo Switch consoles the company sold over the same period in its last fiscal year. A large part of the lower sales forecast is due to the component constraints. Nintendo also said that the lack of a flagship game is also hampering sales. Now, while Nintendo is already working on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, but there is no word as to when that will be released. Last year, Nintendo released Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which was a huge driver of sales for the Japanese manufacturer.