Nintendo Switch OLED restock mess — Nintendo president has bad news

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In instance you lot haven't noticed, at that place'southward been a serious shortage of both the new Nintendo Switch OLED and even the original Switch in the pb up to the holidays, prompting many to hunt for Nintendo Switch OLED restocks and where to buy the Nintendo Switch.

Despite being a somewhat underwhelming update, with many hoping for a 4K Switch Pro, Switch OLED restock is still extremely hard to come past — something that Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser doesn't run into getting better in the short term.

"I will say, the semiconductor components are in short supply, and the future is uncertain," Bowser said to The Verge in an interview. "There are no major improvements that nosotros've seen on the horizon. And then I think the challenges will go along into 2022."

Bowser's advice? "I'd certainly recommend if you lot run across it, buy it this holiday season."

Nintendo Switch N64 emulation issues

There is some sort-of good news. The $50 per twelvemonth Switch Online Expansion Pack, which adds Nintendo 64 games to the mix, has gotten off to an extremely rocky first. Many of the N64 games that the $15 upgrade unlocks suffer from bones emulation errors such as graphical glitches, audio delays and strange button mapping.

The uncomfortable truth is that iffy ROMs and emulators play better than the official, legitimate, Nintendo sanctioned solution. Merely Nintendo is aware of the criticism and, according to Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser, the visitor is looking to put things right.

"We have the feedback very seriously, and we're continuing to wait at ways to improve the overall operation," he told. "For usa, it's nigh quality and neat content at a groovy value."

The problems don't appear to have dampened fan enthusiasm for the retro games themselves, notwithstanding, with the official N64 controller out of stock until 2022.

What about Joy-Con drift?

Finally, Bowser was pressed on the continuing Joy-Con migrate issues that have plagued the Nintendo Switch since launch. Unsurprisingly, his answer mirrored the contempo 'Ask the Developers' interview on the official Nintendo site.

"As we've gone through the first five-and-a-half years of the Nintendo Switch, nosotros've observed gameplay, we've observed as people have returned units how they've worn, and we've been making continuous improvements overall to the Joy-Con, including the analog stick," he explained.

We're not certain if "5-and-a-half years" was a skid of the natural language, or whether Bowser was referring to the development time also, but the Switch actually won't plow five until March.

Nintendo recently stated that the Switch is in the "eye phase" of its life, meaning that a Switch ii may be some time abroad yet, even if the original is increasingly showing its age in the shadow of the Xbox Series Ten and PS5.

Exist sure to bank check out the all-time Nintendo Switch games as nosotros wait for the Nintendo Switch OLED stock issues to improve, and check out our Nintendo Switch OLED review to see if this panel might be worth the wait.

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the spider web and in the occasional mag too. When not weighing upwardly the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. Or, more probable, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.