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Nintendo Switch overhaul follows console boom, logistics challenges in 2020

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Nintendo is reportedly planning a mid-cycle upgrade to its Switch platform with better screens produced by Samsung Display. Production may start in June for delivery into the peak shopping season in fall 2021. The launch of new consoles by Microsoft and Sony in 2020 likely ran into significant logistics headaches. U.S. imports of video game systems surged 219.4% higher year over year in Q4’20, requiring an increase in the proportion of systems shipped by air. There’s been a subsequent increase in seaborne imports which have increased by 76.7% year over year in January and February combin...

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