Nintendo Co has added Sharp Corp as an assembler of its Switch console, according to people directly involved in the matter, as it works to stabilise production and hedge against US-China trade tensions.
The video game giant has struggled to produce enough units for most of this year as the hit game Animal Crossing: New Horizons and stuck-at-home consumers fuelled demand. While the coronavirus outbreak hurt production early on, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said this month that output has returned to normal and the Switch is now made in Malaysia, in addition to existing China and Vietnam locations.