Nintendo has clearly struggled in selling Switch consoles from April to June 2022, the latest earnings report of the company shows. 

Although the sales for the recent quarter reached 111 million units, the Japanese console maker experienced a decline in its year-on-year record amid its battle with chip shortage.

Nintendo Switch Sales Drop in Latest Quarter

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Nintendo cites that the global chip shortage has affected its Switch sales for the latest quarter this year.

According to a report by Engadget on Wednesday, Aug. 3, Nintendo saw a sharp decline in its year-on-year sales of Switch units during the Q1 2023 financial report.

From 4.45 million consoles sold in 2021, the sales plunged to 3.43 million units in the same period.

Nintendo said that the ongoing global chip shortage is one of the biggest factors affecting Switch sales. Many tech firms are still facing some difficulties in hoarding electronic components from chipmakers.

Since the demand for semiconductors remains high at the moment, some plants struggle to produce the needed supply for the customers and users worldwide.

"Hardware production was impacted by factors such as the global shortage of semiconductor components, resulting in a decrease of hardware shipments," the video game company said.

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Nintendo Sees Improvement in First-Party Game Sales

Although the company's Nintendo Switch sales declined, it has seen a boost in the sales of some of its games. 

In another article from Nintendo Life, the company managed to rack up more than one million unit sales thanks to the four titles, which include "Mario Kart Deluxe" (1.48 million), "Mario Strikers: Battle League" (1.91 million), "Nintendo Switch Sports" (4.84 million), and "Kirby and the Forgotten Land" (1.88 million).

In the same report, the gaming publication reported that the total OLED sales hit 1.52 million units which were the highest, followed by the Standard Switch sales at 1.32 million units. Lastly, the Switch Lite sales during the period reached 0.59 million units.

When it comes to console sales, the latest handheld console was only in the third spot with 111.08 million. 

The console with the highest number of total sales is Nintendo DS at 154.02 million, followed by GameBoy (118.69 million), Wii (101.63 million), Game Boy Advance (81.51 million), 3DS (75.94 million), Family Computer/NES (61.91 million), Super Family Computer/SNES (49.10 million), N64 (32.93 million), GameCube (21.74 million), Wii U (13.56 million).

Meanwhile, Nintendo Germany's Twitter account hinted that "Splatoon 3" might soon get new modes aside from the famed "Salmon run" campaign.

The action-adventure video game is slated to launch on Sept. 9. It's still early to tell if the newest "Splatoon" title will have these updates. Still, it's promising to know that this speculation could give some fans a fresh game atmosphere.

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Written by Joseph Henry