Nintendo\u2019s Switch console, which doubles as a handheld unit, is still in huge demand.<\/p>\n
According to a report by\u00a0Fox Business,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Nintendo cannot keep up with demand for the device in Japan and the US.<\/p>\n The demand for the console is so high that tens of thousands of Japanese customers are reportedly lining up at events where they stand a 1-in-10 chance to buy the Switch.<\/p>\n \u201cWal-Mart, Target, and GameStop said they have struggled to meet demand both in stores and online,\u201d stated the report. The retailers expect demand to remain high throughout the end-of-year holiday period.<\/p>\n \u201cNintendo\u2019s official target is to ship 10 million Switch units in its current fiscal year ending in March 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n Nintendo said it was \u201cdoing everything we can to make sure everyone who wants to buy a Nintendo Switch system can do so\u201d.<\/p>\n Switch sales have been a big boost for Nintendo, with the\u00a0company\u2019s market value surging<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0this year thanks to the console\u2019s strong performance.<\/p>\n Nintendo\u2019s Switch console, which doubles as a handheld unit, is still in huge demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":108823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24988,73,22949],"class_list":["post-120246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-handheld-gaming-console","tag-nintendo","tag-switch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Developer uploads game to The Pirate Bay to fight key resellers<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"