The Nintendo Switch is about to cross the milestone of 100 million consoles sold worldwide. That means a lot of people already have the console. Even so, consumer appetite for the Nintendo console is not diminishing. And since the Kyoto-based company is also encountering delivery problems with the components required to manufacture the console, this is reflected in the availability of the switch in retail outlets.
The Nintendo Switch could continue to suffer from delivery issues in 2022. The information couldn’t be more serious as it came straight from Shuntaro Furukawa. The president of Nintendo did indeed recently voiced on the prospects of the Switch for the coming year. And in his opinion, the situation regarding console production remains delicate.
Will demand for Nintendo Switch still be strong in 2022?
According to Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo didn’t have enough Switch to meet demand after Black Friday 2021. And he’s not particularly confident about 2022:
It will depend on demand, but as I feared we won’t be able to produce as many units as we want.
The endless lack
This update is just a confirmation of what Nintendo had planned late last year. In fact, the manufacturer planned to initially produce 25 million switches in the current fiscal year (which ends on March 31, 2022). This forecast was revised downwards in November last year. Nintendo is currently expecting a total of 24 million dollars by the end of the financial year.
As a reminder, Nintendo’s capacity limitation on switch production is related to the shortage of semiconductors. This deficiency affects all console manufacturers. But not only. Manufacturers of computers, smartphones or simply smart cards are also affected. And the end of this shortage does not seem to be in sight at the moment.
Are you surprised that the Nintendo Switch delivery problems will persist until 2022? When do you think demand will weaken? Will 2022 have another big year for Nintendo? Have you had trouble locating a switch lately? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
