Nintendo has a plan to fight the potential scalping of its Switch successor: one which boils down to creating sure that there are sufficient items obtainable to fulfill demand when it is ultimately launched. In a Q&A session throughout a shareholders assembly, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa defined how the corporate will tackle the reseller market.
“As a countermeasure towards resale, we consider that an important factor is to provide a adequate quantity to fulfill buyer demand, and this concept has not modified since final yr,” Furukawa mentioned (translated through IGN). “Along with this, we’re contemplating whether or not there are another measures that may be taken to the extent allowed by legal guidelines and rules, bearing in mind the circumstances of every area.”
Firstly of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Switch consoles turned sought-after objects. The worldwide semiconductor scarcity in 2021 noticed provide shrink, however echoing earlier statements concerning availability, Furukawa added that Nintendo is anticipating that it will have sufficient inventory to fight scalping.
“Though we had been unable to provide adequate portions of Nintendo Switch {hardware} final yr and the yr earlier than as a consequence of a scarcity of semiconductor elements, this case has now been resolved,” Furukawa mentioned. “At the moment, we don’t consider that the scarcity of elements could have a major impression on the manufacturing of the successor mannequin.”
A number of months in the past, Nintendo confirmed {that a} Switch successor was in improvement and that the Switch 2 can be introduced throughout the firm’s present fiscal yr ending in March 2025. The Switch successor comes at a time when Switch {hardware} gross sales have begun to say no, however with 141.32 million consoles and over 1.2 billion video games bought as of March 31, 2024, the Switch has had a terrific run up to now. Here is hoping the successor is backwards suitable so followers can preserve taking part in their full library.