Nintendo took on costly measure of shipping Switch units by plane to combat high demand

- Nintendo said it used aircraft to ship Switch units in its first month on the market
- this is an unusual and costly logistics measure
- this move was made to combat the high demand for the system
- analysts say the flights took Switch units from China directly to U.S. and Europe
- shipping this method could have cost Nintendo an additional ¥5,000 per unit, or about $45