Shipping issues has led to higher manufacturing costs, but Nintendo won’t pass this along to the consumer.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has said Nintendo will not raise the price of the Nintendo Switch.
In any other timeline, that wouldn’t be surprising at all.
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Nintendo will not pass these increased costs along to the consumer and charge more, however.
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Whether or not that changes in the future remains to be seen.
He added that costs pertaining to shipping by air and sea have “undoubtedly increased.”
Other tech and gaming companies are affected by increased costs and supply issues.
Having hit software also gives a boost to hardware.
As of June 30, Nintendo had soldmore than 111 million Switch consoles worldwide.
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