Nintendo plans to beat the scalpers with the Switch 2 with one cunning trick - just make enough consoles from the start
Jul. 1, 2024More consoles, no problems
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo doesn’t want its Switch successor to be scalped and resold by those hoping to turn a profit, so the company has a simple but effective plan to prevent that from happening – simply make enough of the consoles in the first place.
While not as extreme as the PS5 situation, it’s easy to forget that the Nintendo Switch had long periods of time where it was out of stock, too. Nintendo is hoping that this won’t be a problem with the Switch successor.
Asreported by VGC, in the company’s 84th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked what measures Nintendo is preparing to stop new hardware from being resold. In his answer (which was shared byTwitter user @NStyles, and translated to English usingGoogleand DeepL), he acknowledges the semiconductor shortage which impacted Nintendo Switch stock, but says this has “been resolved,” and the company doesn’t think it’ll have a major impact going forward.
That aside, Furukawa says Nintendo’s ideology remains the same as last year, putting importance on producing enough products to meet consumer demand. It might sound like a relatively straightforward plan, but considering that the company doesn’t expect to be hindered by anything like the semiconductor shortage going forward, hopefully that’ll be easier than ever to achieve.
Although he doesn’t go into detail about them, Furukawa also mentions that as far as other measures are concerned, Nintendo wants to do all that it can, within the extent of the law and some regional differences, to prevent resellers from being a problem.
Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter
Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more
Be sure to check out our roundup ofeverything we know about the Nintendo Switch 2 so far.
I’m one of GamesRadar+’s news writers, who works alongside the rest of the news team to deliver cool gaming stories that we love. After spending more hours than I can count filling The University of Sheffield’s student newspaper with Pokemon and indie game content, and picking up a degree in Journalism Studies, I started my career at GAMINGbible where I worked as a journalist for over a year and a half. I then became TechRadar Gaming’s news writer, where I sourced stories and wrote about all sorts of intriguing topics. In my spare time, you’re sure to find me on my Nintendo Switch or PS5 playing through story-driven RPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona 5 Royal, nuzlocking old Pokemon games, or going for a Victory Royale in Fortnite.
As the wait for Switch 2 news continues, a possible leak has some Nintendo fans convinced a blurry image features our first look at the new console
Razer Freyja review: ‘Sensa HD isn’t a game-changer, but this cushion could well be’
