Switch will easily hit 10m at end of this year

[DonFerrari]

Insidb said:

DonFerrari said:

Well... Sony had announced very good sales of PS4 and MS to show similar numbers announced something like "on holiday X1 will be close to ship 10M"

Consolewarz4lyfe much lol?

War has changed

ArnoldRimmer said:

Insidb said:

4) How legitimate is this Apple chip issue? Does anyone know how much they're trying to crowd Nintendo out? I get the 100M phones bit, but it's getting super annoying fo us gamers.

There are a few articles out there mentioning the electronic components that Nintendo is said to have supply problems with for the Switch. (for example http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/812861/iPhone-8-Release-Date-Nintendo-Switch-Stock-Update-UK) They always mention the same components:

- the screen

- the "HD rumble" motors (=linear resonant actuators, or LRAs)

- the 32GB flash memory chip

 

But Nintendo can only be battling with Apple over one of those components anyway, because:

- no Apple hardware is using 6,2" screens with 1280x720 resolution like the Switch

- the iPhone is using a different linear resonant actuators. There is one device that seems to use exactly the same LRA, and that's the Oculus Rift controller - but Oculus Rift is selling hardly any units, so Oculus Rift can't be the problem either

That leaves the 32GB flash memory chips as a possible candidate for what parts Nintendo is battling for with Apple. And considering that, it might actually make sense that the supply situation might get better in fall, because by that time the next iPhone will be available, which some rumours believe will no longer have 32, but 64GB storage in the cheapest version, so Apples demand for 32GB chips might drop significantly in fall.

But on the other hand, such flash memory chips are built into lots of devices, from smartphones to the increasingly popular SSD disks, so it's unrealistic to believe that particularly Apple is to blame for the Switch supply problem; Apple is just one of thousands of manufacturers in demand of those chips, albeit a very big one of course.

Even though size and resolution is different it's quite possible that they compete on manufacturing line for space. And on the memory size, is 32Gb the highest seller iPhone version? But also agree that there may be a plethora of other competing for memories and also different sizes and speeds also take manufacturing capability on competition.