During the 84th Nintendo shareholders’ meeting, held in the last few hours, the company’s CEO, Shuntaro Furukawa, reported that Nintendo Switch 2or whatever the new upcoming console will be called, will not have availability problems at launch, which should also allow you to fight touting in the release period.
The phenomenon has in fact assumed worrying proportions during this last generation, when PS5 and Xbox Series X|S were still practically unobtainable at launch due to problems related to the production lines still resulting from the pandemic from COVID-19, but the situation has now largely recovered.
When asked about the issue of resale through unofficial channels, Furukawa said that the component sourcing and production issues have been largely resolved and will not impact the assembly and distribution of the new console.
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Although Nintendo Switch has also been affected by the issue of touting in the past, this should not arise with the new console, in short.
This is the main point to eliminate the problem of resale through unofficial channelssecondo Furukawa.
Ensuring that there are sufficient quantities of consoles on sale through official channels and that these meet the trend of user demand is a main objective for Nintendo with the successor to the Switch.
The company is also evaluating possible ways to combat unauthorized resale through legal means, taking into account the specific situation of each geographic region, as reported by Nintendo’s CEO.
The new Nintendo console will officially be released submitted during the current fiscal yearbut it does not yet have a defined release date, although it is thought that it could be placed within the first quarter of 2025.
