There’s some potentially bad news for Switch customers this year, as Nintendo hints at stock shortages.
Nintendo Switch consoles were hard to come by during the first lockdown back in 2020, as demand hit new heights following the release of Animal Crossing.
Nintendo also ran into production issues, as semiconductor materials became increasingly difficult to come by.
After recovering in time for Christmas, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has admitted that future production plans are uncertain.
“Due to the global shortage of semiconductor materials, we are not able to produce all the products we want to,” Furukawa said (via VGC).
“We are doing everything we can, but there is an increasing sense of uncertainty about production plans. Our earnings forecast is based on the assumption that we will be able to secure parts and materials, and if the situation changes, we would like to respond by revising it.”
While there’s a good chance things could improve on the production front, it might be worth securing a Nintendo Switch console sooner rather than later.
This is especially true if…
