Global Hardware 29 February 2020

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curl-6 said:

I wonder why it is that the Switch seems so much more prone to shortages than other consoles, is it cos it has to compete for parts with phones/tablets perhaps?

Sony and Microsoft have huge Warehouses around the globe, so they can store much more units in time of need or in preparation to something. Nintendo lacks that capacity, and thus runs short of supply faster than their competitors with equal amount of sales. The fact that storekeepers tend to order less units of Nintendo consoles (or did so in the past) at once compared to the competing consoles doesn't help matters either.