Nintendo expects 10% drop in Switch gross sales in 2022, citing provide points

There is not any denying that the Nintendo Switch has been one of many best-selling consoles of all time, surpassing 100 million items offered worldwide and formally moving extra consoles than both the Wii or the PlayStation 1. However, that doesn’t imply that the corporate is resistant to the identical troubles which have plagued others for the previous a number of years.

In a narrative first damaged by monetary newspaper Nikkei, Nintendo is anticipating gross sales of the Switch to be a lot slower within the upcoming monetary 12 months. The firm expects to promote round 20 million Switch consoles within the upcoming 12 months, round 10% decrease than 2021’s gross sales determine. The causes for this are the identical as most electronics corporations all over the world; a worldwide scarcity of semiconductors and disruptions to supply networks all over the world. In specific, the brand new lockdowns in China, where many elements are manufactured, are contributing to this lower in gross sales, as is the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

However, that doesn’t imply the corporate is anticipating to be out of money within the upcoming 12 months. Software gross sales ought to hold them worthwhile all through the 2022 12 months a lot as they did in 2021 when video games like Pokemon Legends: Arceus stored the corporate’s earnings sturdy all year long.