Hosiden Corp, an Osaka-based company responsible for assembling the Nintendo Switch console, withdrew its sales forecast for the year, citing difficulties procuring key components. .
Bloomberg reported this withdrawal, which could cause future troubles for Switch production. Half of the company’s revenue comes from Hosiden’s partnership with Nintendo, company documents show.
While Nintendo declined to comment on Hosiden’s affairs, the company will announce its earnings for the first quarter of its fiscal year next month. This should give us some insight into whether the assembly consortium’s semiconductor shortage has a direct impact on Nintendo’s sales.
This isn’t the first time issues with critical chip supplies have been blamed for a drop in the Switch market. At Nintendo’s previous financial briefing, the company reported that this same issue had caused a drop in sales for the console, and the company had predicted sales for the next fiscal year. main current will decrease.
Until Nintendo has commented, we can’t know for sure if the shortage will still be one of the company’s burdens. What is certain, however, is that the semiconductor issues will need to be resolved soon if the company is to maintain excitement for its next panel reveal.
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