Chip shortage set to mar your gaming shopping this Christmas

New Delhi: The ongoing global chip shortage and supply constraints are set to mar Christmas festivities for many tech firms, especially gaming ones, which are reeling under tremendous pressure to deliver products on time.

It is not just Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles that could be hard to purchase but several tech companies are feeling the pinch.

Japanese giant Nintendo has revised its Switch sales forecast for the fiscal year down by 1.5 million “due to the effects of the global semiconductor shortage”.

The company is “evaluating alternative components and reviewing our designs”, according to Ko Shiota, GM of Nintendo’s Technology Development Division.