[Update: In a new Q&A session, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa personally confirmed the shortage of Switch semiconductors.

He commented: “So far, the situation has not improved significantly, which is why we believe that we cannot produce the hardware in the originally expected quantity and revised the unit sales forecast for the second half of the year. However, although the hardware supply may be limited, it is not There is no impact on software sales."

Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto pointed out that this also allows them to work harder on mobile devices and "visual content" (such as the upcoming Mario movie). ]

Earlier this year, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa warned investors and fans that the production of Nintendo Switch might be hit. Like all other production pipelines in the world, the current situation is very difficult, especially when it comes to semiconductor shortages; this affects almost every industry, even automakers.

This is what Furukawa said a few months ago:

"As for production, we achieved stable hardware production at the end of the last calendar year. Therefore, in the last fiscal year, we set a record for the highest sales volume in the fourth quarter. At the same time, even after the beginning of the calendar year, the hardware The demand for semiconductors continues to exceed our expectations. Due to the tight global supply and demand of semiconductor materials, the current production has not caught up with such high demand."

Therefore, Nintendo is directly trying to negotiate agreements with partners to ensure that more semiconductors reach the 30 million unit mark. This does not seem to happen, because the semiconductor shortage is affecting everyone, and some experts and professionals believe that the drought may continue into 2022 and beyond.

Drought includes Switch. The Nikkei News reported this week that Nintendo will produce a "20% reduction" of Switch devices in the fiscal year ending in March 2022, bringing their number to 24 million units.

The rise of scalpers and reselling stock acquisition tools can only anger this problem. Some people joked that eBay is the official store for Nintendo products. We even reached the point where the Xbox refrigerator sold out in five seconds.

My suggestion, if you want these things for yourself or as gifts? If you don’t have a network of friends who can text you when the product is on sale: start small. If something is discounted, text each other, or if you don’t/do not care about the platform, create an alert for a specific phrase on your virtual Twitter account. There are also various "buyer" groups on social networks that can help, and they sometimes get inside information before the news comes out.

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