Nintendo Switch outsells PS5 over COVID holiday season

Sony misses chance as global chip crunch squeezes production

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Nintendo Switch sales have soared amid the pandemic while Sony faces PS5 supply constraints. (Source photos by Kei Higuchi and Wataru Ito)

JADA NAGUMO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Sales of Nintendo's Switch gaming console were more than twice that of Sony's PlayStation 5 during the year-end holidays, demonstrating the company's ability to turn the pandemic into an opportunity to attract new gamers.

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