Switch popularity combined with extremely limited stock of new systems.
Consumers have tried all sorts of tactics to successfully buy a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S – selling their souls to the devil, summoning circles, refreshing web pages as tears of frustration roll down their cheeks. It’s an arduous process due to the issues Sony and Microsoft have had with manufacturing.
The component shortage impacting the new consoles could also hit the Switch this year, though only time will tell in terms of Nintendo’s efforts to get hold of the materials it needs. Combining those factors with the impressive popularity of Switch, however, gives the impressive statistic that Nintendo’s hardware outsold all of the new consoles combined in the first quarter of this year.
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