sethnintendo on 25 June 2017
| Slownenberg said: Considering that apparently they couldn't even make Switches and NES Mini's at the same time, and Switch still can't meet demand, seems unlikely they would start making another Mini console until they get Switch supply matching demand. I'm guessing they're gonna have to be using every manufacturing space they've got to build up enough supply of the Switch for the holidays. The unavailability of the Switch these first few months has been bad, but if they ran out of Switches for the holidays that would be disastrous. |
Let me introduce you to the world of contract manufacturing. Many companies such as Nintendo don't produce or manufacture their products themselves. They employ contract manufactures like Foxconn, Flex, and Jabil to make the units for them. So this whole running out of manufacturing capacity or having to focus on one product is complete bullshit. They could easily tell Foxconn to make 10 million units right now. Sure the labor and time to manufacture that might take a few months to ramp up production but it can be done. That is why the whole Reggie line "we have to focus on Switch and 3DS" is complete utter lie.
