Macronix, Nintendo's largest ROM chip supplier, prepares to exit
Macronix, Nintendo's largest ROM chip supplier, announced in its third-quarter financial report that it plans to end ROM chip production and leave the gaming industry. Its ROM chip output has shrunk 39% over the past year and now accounts for only 5% of its total business. Nintendo will in the future have to rely on other suppliers such as ROHM and Lapis Semiconductor, and game cartridge production costs may rise further. Nintendo has promised to continue offering physical game cartridges.
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The supply of ROM chips used in physical game cartridges for the Nintendo Switch console has also been affected by the AI boom. Macronix, Nintendo's largest ROM chip supplier, announced in its third-quarter financial report that it is preparing to end ROM chip production and leave the gaming industry. Macronix said that ROM chip output has shrunk by 39% over the past year and now accounts for only 5% of its total business. ROM chips are gradually being replaced by other memory chips with higher profits and stronger demand. This means that in the future Nintendo can only rely on other ROM chip suppliers such as Rohm and Lapis Semiconductor, meaning that game cartridge production costs may rise further. Nintendo has promised to continue offering physical game cartridges in the future and will not follow Sony in offering only digital versions of games.