Nintendo reportedly plans 20 million Switch 2 units by 2027

Nintendo is signaling that it wants the Switch 2 on shelves in far larger numbers than many buyers expected. The company has asked partners and suppliers to assemble about 20 million consoles in the year through March 2027, a target that sits roughly 20 percent above the 16.5 million units Nintendo publicly forecast earlier this month.

For players, the question is simple: will that make the system easier to find? If Nintendo reaches that production level, the answer should be yes. A bigger hardware push would give retailers more inventory to work with, cut down on the launch-era rush that fuels resale markups, and ease some of the scarcity fears that still hang over big console releases. Bloomberg said the production plan is not final and could still change depending on demand, but the size of the target alone shows how aggressively Nintendo is trying to avoid the shortages that have shadowed past rollouts.

The scale also reflects how strong the Switch 2’s opening has been. Nintendo said the system sold more than 3.5 million units worldwide in its first four days after launching on June 5, 2025, making it the fastest-selling Nintendo game system ever. That kind of start gives the company room to think bigger, even with a suggested U.S. retail price of $449.99 and the usual pressure that comes with launching a premium console into a price-sensitive market.

Shuntaro Furukawa has already framed the challenge in plain terms. In investor Q&A, Nintendo’s president said, “Our first goal is to get off to the same start we did with Nintendo Switch, and we are working to strengthen our production capacity so we can respond flexibly to demand.” He has also said the Switch 2’s relatively high price makes it harder to sustain momentum over the long term, which is exactly why output plans matter so much now.

Nintendo’s supply strategy points in the same direction. Bloomberg reported in May 2025 that the company turned to Samsung Electronics to help make the main chips for Switch 2, a move meant to support higher production. Taken together, the chip sourcing, the upgraded forecast, and the 20 million-unit target all point to the same bet: Nintendo believes the Switch 2 is still in the early stretch of a major hardware run, and it wants enough consoles ready to keep players from getting shut out at the checkout.