Nintendo Reportedly Wants To Build 25 Million Switch 2s By March 2026

Nintendo has asked suppliers to build 25 cardinal Switch 2 console by nan extremity of March 2026, Bloomberg reported. According to group acquainted pinch nan matter, nan institution has requested nan boost because it believes nan console will proceed its torrid income gait done nan vacation season. Nintendo could easy transcend its own forecast of 15 cardinal Switch 2 units sold wrong its first fiscal twelvemonth (ending March 30, 2026) and hit first twelvemonth income of nan original Switch, which was nan fastest selling console of each time.

If income cookware retired arsenic it expects, Nintendo could waste astir 20 cardinal Switch 2 units this fiscal year, according to nan report. The 25 cardinal accumulation extremity would let it to fulfill income request and person capable successful inventory to commencement nan adjacent fiscal year.

The original Switch sold 17.79 cardinal units successful its first 13 months, truthful nan Switch 2 could transcend that complete a considerably shorter clip frame. As a reminder, Switch 2 pre-orders started successful April 2025 and nan world merchandise was on June 5, truthful it only started shipping 4 and a half months ago.

Despite fears complete tariffs, Switch 2 income successful nan US are measurement up of nan original Switch astatine nan aforesaid clip frame, according to marketplace interrogator Circana. During its last net report, nan institution said it had besides sold 8.67 cardinal Switch 2 games on pinch 24.4 cardinal games designed for nan original Switch, acknowledgment successful portion to nan caller console's backward compatibility. Game income should get a further boost pinch nan motorboat of Pokémon Legends: Z-A coming later this month.