Nintendo has been trying to keep up with the tremendous demand of the Nintendo Switch for most this year, due in large part to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Of course that being even more fueled by people staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
They’ve also been having to deal with finding ways to adjust to the United States-China trade war. As a result, Nintendo decided to get some help.
Bloomberg reported that, according to “people directly involved in the matter”, Nintendo has added Sharp Corporation as an assembler to their Nintendo Switch console line. It is not the first time Nintendo worked with them. In the past, Sharp had assembled Nintendo’s Famicom console and they later provided some “key components” for the 3DS.
About adding Sharp
Sharp has a factory in Malaysia, an alternative manufacturing site outside of China that Nintendo has been seeking due to the trade war. The factory also has extra capacity, enabling Nintendo to direct some Nintendo Switch orders there and increase production of console units. According to Bloomberg’s sources, “production volume in the Southeast Asia site is limited”.
Foxconn Tech, in China, is still handling the bulk of Nintendo Switch production in the region though
About Sharp
The Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, with their headquarters in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group.
