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title: "Nintendo to reduce global production by 20% due to chip shortage"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/nintendo-to-reduce-global-production-by-20-due-to-chip-shortage/"
description: "The Nikkei noted that Nintendo has had to revise its production of the Nintendo Switch family of systems and will produce 20% less units than it originally intended"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2021-11-04 16:22:06"
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Nintendo to reduce global production by 20% due to chip shortage | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Nintendo to reduce global production by 20% due to chip shortage](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-to-reduce-global-production-by-20-due-to-chip-shortage.jpg "Nintendo to reduce global production by 20% due to chip shortage")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-to-reduce-global-production-by-20-due-to-chip-shortage.jpg)The Nikkei noted that Nintendo has had to revise its production of the Nintendo Switch family of systems and will produce 20% less units than it originally intended. This all is due to the on-going global chip shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nintendo planned to produce and shift 30 million Nintendo Switch units for the fiscal year through March, 2022, but instead it will now only produce around 24 million units.

## [](#more-then-nintendo-alone)More then Nintendo alone

The global chip shortage has affected a large number of electronic manufacturers such Apple, Samsung as well as Sony’s highly-sought-after PlayStation 5 console and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S consoles.

Let’s hope the chip shortage gets resolved rather sooner then later.

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