Nintendo President Says There Will Be More Switch Supply Issues in 2022

According to the Kyoto Newspaper (京都新聞), Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has stated that 2022 may continue to bring about Switch supply issues. This comes amid the usual reasons of semiconductors and logistical issues that we have been seeing all across the gaming industry as well as the larger technological industry.

Furukawa did say that Nintendo Switch sales were really good at the end of 2021, and the Switch OLED model heavily contributed to that strong performance. However, Black Friday saw its fair share of issues, and Nintendo even used air transportation to help with demand. In Europe, the company even used rail transportation for the first time.

Furukawa added that after Black Friday, Nintendo really didn’t have enough Switch supply for the high holiday demand. As far as 2022 is concerned, though, he said that “it will depend on demand, but as I feared, we won’t be able to make the amount of units we wanted to.”

At the start of November, Nintendo lowered its sales forecasts for the console due to said Switch supply issues. The company was originally targeting 25.5 million units, but they decreased that number to 24 million for the fiscal year, which ends March 2022.

Thank you for stopping by Nintendo Link for all of your gaming news and updates! What do you think of the Switch supply issues? It has really affected the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but it has been affecting Switch sales, too. Let us know what you think in the comments below! Happy gaming, everyone.