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OSAKA -- Nintendo expects to sell only about 20 million Switch game consoles in the current fiscal year, a 10% decrease from fiscal 2021, despite strong demand, Nikkei has learned, as a semiconductor shortage and disruptions to logistics networks hamper production.
The figure is a 30% decrease from fiscal year 2020, when sales of the Switch hit a peak at 28.83 million units.
The number of Switches sold in fiscal 2021 is estimated at 23 million units, a 20% decrease from the previous year. That fiscal year, Nintendo initially planned to produce a record 30 million of the consoles, but the global chip shortage made it difficult to procure microcontrollers and other products, and the company lowered its production forecast in the fall.
The Kyoto-based company would like to start increasing production, but the prolonged chip shortage and global supply chain disruptions exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine will impact production.
Meanwhile, China, where the Switch is produced, is grappling with coronavirus outbreaks. Supply chains there have has been disrupted by the lockdown in Shanghai, hurting production and delivery of parts and materials. If the lockdown is prolonged, sales of the Switch in fiscal 2022 could fall below 20 million units.
Nintendo expects 10% fewer Switch sales due to supply chain woes
Shanghai lockdown, chip shortages complicate fiscal 2022 production plans
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