Nintendo Has a Plan to Stop People From Making Money With the Release of the Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo is currently gearing up to unveil its long-awaited next-gen console, which has likely been dubbed the Nintendo Switch 2, especially given the incredible popularity of the original Switch (on the verge of beating PS2 unit sales in the US).

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The Nintendo Switch was released in 2017 and was met with strong demand despite the console being released with many ported Wii U games and only a few first-party titles. However, the Switch’s slow sales could at least partly be attributed to the chip shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This debacle resulted in many Nintendo Switch consoles appearing on retail markets at exorbitant prices.

Apparently, that’s not going to happen with Nintendo’s next console, or at least Nintendo will have a plan in place to mitigate the likelihood of that happening. During an investor Q&A, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if Nintendo had a plan to avoid resellers with the upcoming launch of the new console. Furukawa responded by simply saying that Nintendo will already have enough units of its next-gen console at launch and that we shouldn’t see a reseller market like we did with the launch of the Nintendo Switch.

“As a measure against resale, we believe that the most important thing is to produce enough units to meet customer demand, and this approach has not changed since last year,” said Furukawa. “In addition, we are considering whether we can take measures within the framework of legal restrictions, taking into account the specific circumstances of each region.“

Nintendo’s president pointed to the semiconductor shortage as the reason why Nintendo was unable to produce enough Switch units, which drove up the console’s price on the reseller market.

“Last year and the year before, we were unable to produce sufficient quantities of Nintendo Switch hardware due to a shortage of semiconductor components, but this situation has now been resolved. We do not believe that the component shortage will have a significant impact on the production of the successor model at this time,” Furukawa said