I saw this a week or so ago and my reading of it was that it's not shipments that are decreasing - production is decreasing. Nintendo ordered 24 million units for the current financial year and planned to ship 20 million of them but will likely ship 18 to 19 million. That should result in a stock of 4 to 6 million for Nintendo to ship in the next financial year (starting April 2019) on top of the 14 to 15 million units Nintendo have ordered as their production run for the next financial year. In all likelihood, it means Nintendo expect sales to stay at the current pace, rather than accelerate, which might suggest there's no plans in the next financial year for a major price cut or new model. Alternatively, a production run of 14 to 15 million for the current model might suggest Nintendo are preparing to introduce a new model in the next financial year and perhaps phase out the existing model.
There's also a good chance this report simply isn't accurate. The report does have some inconsistencies and hasn't been picked up by any mainstream gaming website - which suggests to me it simply isn't accurate or reliable information. For example, they claim sell through of 40 million units currently - which is around 10 million higher than what's likely. They also state that a Switch revision is definitely coming this year, but that's not been confirmed yet at all.
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