Japanese media: Nintendo Switch game console Japan's first fiscal quarter sales decreased by 30 %

Zhongxin Jingwei, July 7th. According to the Nikkei Chinese website on the 7th, the sales of Nintendo's game console "Nintendo Switch" is slowing down. According to the statistics of the game information magazine FAMITSU, from April to June (the first fiscal quarter of the fiscal year 2022), Switch Japan's domestic sales were 840,000 units, a decrease of 33%year -on -year. In the context of semiconductor shortage and logistics chaos, it is constantly restricted by supply. Competitors Sony PS5 sales decreased by 26%year -on -year. Both sides of the production are suffering from hardships. In the peak season of Christmas and commercial warfare at the end of the year, there may be a shortage of goods.

It is reported that the person in charge of Nintendo Public Relations replied in an interview on July 5 that "the shortage of semiconductor parts affect production." The sales volume of April to June decreased by about 10%compared with the same period of 2020.

The report pointed out that although Nintendo did not explicitly disclose it, the procurement of parts used in the handle and Bluetooth used on the body, and the procurement of simulated semiconductors used to control current seems to be a bottleneck.

It is reported that in fiscal 2022 (as of March 2023), Switch's global plan sales were 21 million units, a year -on -year decrease of 9%. Sales are concentrated in the second half of the year's Christmas business war in the largest market. Summer is a large number of manufacturing products. If it is not fully produced now, it will cause opportunities to lose.

The report also mentioned that according to Nintendo, Japan's domestic sales accounted for 20 % of global sales. From the past data, there is a correlation with the year -on -year decrease rate of domestic domestic sales and global sales.

Public information shows that due to the influence of the shortage of chips, Switch has been sold in fiscal 2021 (as of March 2022).

The Nikkei Chinese website reported earlier that Nintendo's 2021 fiscal year's financial report on May 10 showed that the merger net profit decreased by 1%year -on -year to 477.6 billion yen. Switch's sales decreased by 20 % to 23.06 million units. The impact of chip shortage, etc., failed to supply sufficient commodities to the market. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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