Over the past two years, the world has been facing a shortage of semiconducters due to production issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had rippling effects on every product that requires such components, including the Nintendo Switch.

In a recent statement reported via Kyoto Shimbun, Nintendo’s president Shuntaro Furukawa said that the Switch may continue to face supply issues continuing into 2022. According to Furukawa, year end sales for the Switch were quite strong, particularly for the new OLED model, which has led to concerns that Nintendo may be unable to keep up with the demand if the semiconducter shortage continues to affect Switch production.

You can check out a translation of Furukawa’s full comments below via senior analyst David Gibson:

So @Nintendo President was interviewed – 1) Supply of Switch may stagnate after start of 2022 2) Said year end sales for Switch in 2021 were strong, especially OLED. https://t.co/L1ZSF49MZi

— David Gibson (@gibbogame) December 28, 2021

But said 5) adding that after the New Year, "it depends on the demand, but as we had feared, we will not be able to produce as many as we want to." – sounds like Guidance might be tough to meet. #NintendoSwitch

— David Gibson (@gibbogame) December 28, 2021

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