Nintendo Reportedly Expects a 10% Decrease in Switch Sales Due to Shortages - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2022 / 3,814 Views
Nintendo is reportedly expecting to ship 20 million Nintendo Switch consoles in the current fiscal year, according to Nikkei Asia.
The reason for the lower sales of the Switch in the current fiscal year is due to the continued semiconductor shortages and "disruptions to logistics networks."
The 20 million figure is a 10 percent decrease compared to fiscal year 2021 and a 30 percent decrease from fiscal year 2020, which saw 28.83 million Switch consoles shipped.
Nintendo is estimated to ship 23 million units in fiscal year 2021, which is a 20 percent decrease compared to 2020. Nintendo will release its next earnings report for the quarter ending March 31, 2022 on May 10.
To compensate for the lower hardware sales, Nintendo is looking to sell more software for Fiscal year 2022, which sees a number of first-party releases planned.
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20 million would be the best full sixth fiscal year ever for any platform, currently DS has the best sixth year with 17.53m.
Really? I would have expected that PS3 or X360 had the best 6th year. I guess it's still below 17.5M.
PS3's peak was 14.3m in it's fourth year, both Ps3 and XB360 were very consistent usually selling around 10m to 13m every year for a 6 year period.
but but but but.... it's not shortages but a lack of demand because theres 50 of each model sitting in every store in my home city
It seems no one understands your humor ^^
That would be a very impressive number and basically around what I was initially expecting for this fiscal year.
Microsoft also predicted lower sales, and I expect Sony to do the same unfortunately. Strange times we are in
Uh-oh... what's that cliff-shaped thing on the horizon? Could it be a cliff?
Maybe a small hill in an otherwise steady field.
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