“The extremely tight situation remains, and the future is uncertain,”
Furukawa said the dearth of computer chips, which is affecting manufacturing of many products, was behind Nintendo's decision to cut its forecast for Switch sales for the fiscal year through March to 24 million machines from an earlier 25.5 million units.
He said plans for the next fiscal year and beyond were even more difficult to predict.
Production and shipping disruptions related to the coronavirus pandemic are plaguing electronics manufacturers, automakers and many other industries.
Software development, including applications for mobile devices, has not been hindered by such problems, said
The Super Mario movie, a collaboration with
Furukawa said Nintendo hopes that goods and theme parks will help coax people to become interested in his company’s games.
Nintendo faces competition both from longtime rivals such as
On Thursday, the company reported a 19% profit drop for the fiscal first half, mainly because of a significant boost in profit the previous year, when people stuck at home by the pandemic turned to its products. Nintendo’s April-September profit totaled
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