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maxleresistant on 17 July 2017
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monocle_layton said:
maxleresistant said:

And don't expect those Switch stock problems to be resolved in 2017.

You didn't hear it from me, but the Snes mini may have been fast tracked to this year because of the switch stock problems.

I think it's fair to say we won't see this improve until the bidding war stops. Nintendo literally has no chance to compete against Apple for parts.

 

Also, I actually do see where you're coming from. The SNES Mini will help bring awareness for Nintendo products to help it sell more. Perhaps we'll see a boost in Switch demand and more units being made around the time of the mini's release

It's not my personal theory, it's from my source working at Nintendo. He also told me that the biggest production problems are actually the joycons.

We had a discussion about the Switch stocks problems, and the Snes mini, both of us were surprised that the Snes mini was released this year, because he told me a few months back that the NES mini was actually made to fill the void for christmas 2016, with the WiiU getting axed, and the Switch being late, they needed  something to sell for the christmas period. But was not supposed to be the start of a new retro gaming strategy for Nintendo, Nintendo wants to sell 3DS and Switch units, and not NES mini, so that's why they made it a limited product and never produced more. 

But knowing that, why would they make an SNES mini right after? So his theory is that it's because the Switch won't have enough stocks for the holidays.