Seems like a very possible scenario, let's see how much it will impact my plan to buy PS5 by April 2021.

Don't people say that production starts like 6 months before release because of prototype, validating product lines and learning curve before being able to do 1M a month?

Nintendo moved some switch production outside china already to avoid the possible tariffs that never took place but were threatened. I assume those factories in southeast Asia countries produce consoles for mainly USA. However that doesn't mean components needed for switch produced in China might become harder to find due to China manufacturing taking a nose dive in January month due to concerns about the virus.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-moves-some-switch-production-out-of-china-adapting-to-tariff-threat-11560328484

I'm about to get a switch in less than month so not worried.  As for PlayStation and Xbox fans...   Good luck if this goes longer than a few months.   If I were you I'd tell them to get back to work.  They already had enough time off allotted to them to cover rest of year.

Like I said Corona Virus will win in the end..... :P



On Topic The chip are produce in Taiwan but the assembly are in China. I think it won't happen  but instead a low production quantity /low unit supply and high cost manufacturing.

But I can see a super small possibility of  delay if it become worse and worse. Let's hope not 

Shouldn't rely upon slave labour then.

Ugh good point, scalpers will be happy with this news. I thought the days of console launches going up over $1000 on EBay were over. There's going to be a rush on pre-orders again.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-06-nintendo-switch-hit-by-unavoidable-production-delay-amid-coronavirus-outbreak

At least in China I believe things are much much worse than people think.

The city of Guangzhou, China´s fifth largest city, with a population of nearly 15 million people, is the latest city to impose mandatory lockdown on all citizens...according to this twitter there are now 3 provinces, around 50 cities and hundreds of millions of people on lockdown....if this report is "only" like, 25% true that´s still around 100 million people....ALL this for something that a lot of people are saying "it´s just a tiny bit worse than the regular flu"?

https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd

Yes Sony and Nintendo had factories for the console outside China, but will be hard to ensure all the suppliers for parts can have a smooth delivery for it.

And yep quite reasonable to expect Sony to want 5M ready by launch and MS 3-4M.

So if shipments get delayed too much, the launch might get delayed also to not risk running out of consoles too early during the holiday season.