Industry: Affected by the global semiconductor shortage, the Nintendo Switch may be undersupplied

According to Japanese media reports, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa revealed that the supply of the Switch may stagnate in early 2022, mainly due to the global semiconductor shortage and logistics chaos.

Furukawa revealed that in order to cope with the market demand in the late 2021 business war, Nintendo airlifted some goods to the United States in time before the "Black Friday", and in Europe, it was the first time that rail transportation was used. Furukawa said it is difficult to guarantee that enough products will be available to meet demand after black five.

In April, Furukawa revealed that the semiconductors used to produce the Switch were "not enough for the time being, but the future is uncertain and may not meet the needs of all retailers."

In May, Nintendo plans to increase switch production to about 30 million units in 2021. In November, Nintendo downgraded switch's planned production for the fiscal year, from 30 million to 24 million, 20 percent less than previously planned.

The Nintendo Switch's sales plan for November and March 2022 dropped from an initial 25.5 million units to 24 million units. If the stagnation of supply is prolonged, the number of trafficking programs may not be reached.

At the same time, Nintendo launched a new model of switch OLED this year, and in order to catch up with Black Friday, it transported the Switch by air to the United States where logistics are chaotic, and adopted rail transportation for the first time in Europe. President Furukawa said: "After Black Friday, in the face of demand, we can't talk about being able to fully supply. After the beginning of the year, although it depends on the demand, as I have concerned, we can't produce the Switch of the demand quantity. ”

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