Nintendo expects 10% fewer Switch sales due to supply chain woes

Shanghai lockdown, chip shortages complicate fiscal 2022 production plans

Nintendo plans to sell more software to make up for a decline in Switch console sales. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

KENTO HIRASHIMA, Nikkei staff writer

April 30, 2022 23:46 JST

OSAKA -- Nintendo expects to sell only about 20 million Switch game consoles in the current fiscal year, a 10% decrease from fiscal 2021, despite strong demand, Nikkei has learned, as a semiconductor shortage and disruptions to logistics networks hamper production.