- Production of the Nintendo Switch 2 would be canceled
- Bloomberg sources say Nintendo cut production by 33% due to weak holiday sales.
- The company now aims to produce 4 million units this quarter instead of 6 million
Nintendo has reportedly reduced production of the Nintendo Switch 2 following disappointing sales during the holiday season.
According to Bloomberg, sources told the outlet that Nintendo has cut production by 33% and is now aiming to produce 4 million Switch 2 units this quarter instead of the 6 million originally planned.
Last month, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa told shareholders that Switch 2 sales had exceeded his expectations in Japan, but were “slightly weaker” in the West by the end of 2025.
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“While our forecast for global hardware and software sales volume remains unchanged, the breakdown by region and product is based on different assumptions than the revised forecasts announced at the time of our second quarter financial results announcement,” Furukawa said at the time.
“In addition, as you understand, the domestic hardware sales volume exceeded our expectations, while overseas sales were slightly lower than our expectations.”
Bloomberg’s sources claim that while there has been commercial and critical success for the exclusive Switch 2 title Pokémon Pokopia – the game sold 2.2 million units worldwide in its first four days of release – Nintendo is waiting for other titles to see consistently strong sales to justify increasing console production.
“This hardware deficit in its first year, during the busy holiday season, is terrible news. Clearly, the software lineup has been poor, at least until recently, with Pokémon it shows some hope,” Amir Anvarzadeh, Japan equity strategist at Ametric Advisors, told Bloomberg.
Sources also claimed that the decision to cut production was due to slowing demand and not the increase in the cost of RAM.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is the best-selling console of all time, however, Christmas sales were down 35% compared to the original Switch during the same period in 2017.
In the UK, sales of the Switch 2 in the last eight weeks of 2025 were down 16% compared to the original Switch console in the last eight weeks of its launch year, despite launching with Mario Kart World.
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