Manufacturing the Switch Successor

With Shuntaro Furukawa's statement on the Switch successor, we know that attention will soon turn to manufacture of the Switch 2. What will that look like and what are the unique challenges that Nintendo may be wrestling with behind the scenes?

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00:00 The Challenges
05:41 Cause of "Internal Delay"?
10:40 Component Competition
16:08 Semiconductors
22:00 How Nintendo Stays Nimble

Videos I reference:
   • Why So Much Cash?   - Nintendo and Cash
   • Nintendo Switch is Good but Nintendo ...   - Kit & Krysta episode 112 - another fantastic ‪@kitandkrysta‬ episode

Sources:
https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/30/ninten...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/201...
https://www.independent.co.uk/games/n...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology...
   • How PlayStation 5 Was Built (feat. Ma...  
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/chines...
http://www.designlife-cycle.com/ninte....
https://www.fictiv.com/teardowns/nint...
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/201... - "huge numbers of components"
https://www.usitc.gov/publications/33... - pie charts about what parts are needed and what semi-conductor.
https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news... - only assembles simple parts
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240....
https://www.reuters.com/technology/nv...
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/en/q_a...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-6...
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stoc... - q11
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stoc... - q6
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/even... - q 21
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/201...
https://www.ft.com/content/d4cb7b92-1...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business...
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/en/pdf...