Sold out: Nintendo Switch sales fall 33% in Japan amid supply snag

Sony PlayStation 5 logs 26% drop; companies risk losing out on holiday sales

Nintendo is unable to make enough Switch systems to keep up with demand. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

KENTO HIRASHIMA and KEIICHI FURUKAWA, Nikkei staff writers

July 6, 2022 06:30 JST

OSAKA/TOKYO -- Nintendo is struggling to break out of a frustrating sales slowdown, selling 33% fewer units of Switch game systems in the April-June quarter than a year ago in Japan due to a crippled supply chain.

Supply chain disruptions also slashed sales of rival Sony Group's PlayStation 5 consoles by 26% to about 200,000 units, spurring concerns that the companies risk missing out on a holiday-season opportunity at the end of the year.