According to the Japanese media "Nikkei Asia", due to the shortage of semiconductors in short supply, Nintendo expects the sales of Switch consoles in the current fiscal year to be only about 20 million units, down 10% from fiscal 2021 (23 million units). With that in mind, Nintendo plans to sell more gaming software to compensate for the decline in Switch hardware sales.
Compared to fiscal 2020, this figure will decline by 30%. Nintendo's Switch console sales peaked at 28.83 million units in fiscal 2020. Nintendo sold 23 million Switch units in fiscal 2021, down 20 percent from fiscal 2020. Nintendo had planned to produce a record 30 million Switch in fiscal 2021, but the global chip shortage made it difficult to source microcontrollers and other products, and Nintendo had to lower its production forecast in the fall.
It is worth mentioning that the recent Intel CEO said that the chip shortage will continue until 2024.