Digitimes: Supply chain players gear up for new Nintendo console - NeoGAF
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Digitimes was a semi-regular source of supply chain news during pre-relese of PS4 and Xbox One. Now they are reporting (via anonymous sources) that Foxconn is getting ready for mid-2016 manufacture of initial batch of next Nintendo console which would be slated for release shortly after. Numbers that are mentioned are VERY aggressive, which either points to very cheap priced home console or more likely a new handheld.QuoteJapan-based Nintendo is planning to launch its next-generation games console in 2016 and has recently asked its supply chain partners to start pilot production in October, at the latest. The console will be manufactured by Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), but Pegatron Technology is aggressively trying to snatch some of the orders, according to sources familiar to the plan. Pegatron and Foxconn both declined to comment. Nintendo in March announced its plan of releasing Nintendo NX in 2016 and has started visiting its supply chain partners recently. The orders are expected to be finalized in February or March 2016 and mass production will start in May or June 2016, while the console's official launch may take place around July, the sources said.Nintendo reportedly is looking to ship 20 million Nintendo NX in the first year. The shipment volume of Wii U is estimated at two million units in 2015, according to Digitimes Research. Component suppliers such as Foxconn Technology, Macronix, PixArt Imaging, Coxon Precise Industrial, Nishoku Technology, Delta Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Jentech, are also expected to land orders from Nintendo for the new console, the sources added.http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150702PD204.html Push me from the top of Foxcon building if old. into web
IMO, 20M is very very ambitious target for initial order. Sony reportedly purchased only 10M consoles before launch, and MS 7-8M. Plus July launch sounds unrealistic.
