Nintendo plans 20 million Switch 2 units

Nintendo has asked manufacturing partners to assemble about 20 million Switch 2 consoles in the year through March 2027, Bloomberg reported on May 21, citing people familiar with the matter. The reported target sits above Nintendo’s public forecast for 16.5 million Switch 2 sales in the current fiscal year, which the company issued earlier in May. The difference is why this report matters: it suggests Nintendo is planning for materially more hardware supply than it has formally guided investors to expect. It also arrives as Nintendo prepares price increases for the console in several markets, including the United States. ### Where does the 20 million figure come from? Bloomberg reported that Nintendo had asked partners and suppliers to assemble about 20 million Switch 2 units in the year through March 2027, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg also said the production plan is not final and could still be revised depending on demand. GameLuster, in a May 23 article that cited Bloomberg via Video Games Chronicle, described the figure as a target for 20 million Switch 2 consoles by March 2027. Outlook Respawn published a similar report on May 23 and said Nintendo was preparing a larger-than-expected production run of about 20 million systems for the fiscal year ending March 2027. (bloomberg.com) ### How far above Nintendo’s official outlook is that? Nintendo’s public forecast for the current fiscal year is 16.5 million Switch 2 unit sales, according to reports summarizing the company’s May financial guidance. That means the reported internal production plan is about 3.5 million units higher than the sales outlook Nintendo has put in front of investors. (gameluster.com) Bloomberg framed that gap as roughly 20% above Nintendo’s public outlook. Outlook Respawn also pointed to the same pattern and cited Tokyo-based analyst Serkan Toto saying Nintendo often starts with conservative guidance and later beats it. ### What do the latest sales numbers show? (gameluster.com) Nintendo sold 19.86 million Switch 2 consoles in the fiscal year that just ended, according to coverage of the company’s end-of-year financial data. Nintendo Life reported on May 8 that the company had confirmed total Switch 2 sales of 19.86 million units and still expected to sell 16.5 million more in fiscal 2027. (bloomberg.com) That 19.86 million figure is important because it means Nintendo is coming off a launch-period year in which the console already sold just shy of 20 million units. GameLuster used that result as the backdrop for its report that Nintendo now wants 20 million additional units ready by March 2027. (nintendolife.com) ### How does the price increase fit into this? Nintendo of America said on May 7 that it would raise the U.S. MSRP of the Switch 2 to $499.99 from $449.99 beginning on September 1, 2026. The company said the change was “in response to various changes in market conditions,” and added that pricing for the original Switch would not change. (gameluster.com) Outlook Respawn said pricing would also rise in other major regions and linked the broader changes to shifting market conditions and rising component costs. In that report, the production increase and the price increases were presented as parallel moves rather than separate developments. (nintendo.com) ### Is Nintendo itself confirming the 20 million target? Nintendo has publicly confirmed the U.S. price revision and, through its financial reporting as summarized by multiple outlets, the 19.86 million sales figure and 16.5 million unit forecast. The 20 million production target, however, comes from Bloomberg’s report based on unnamed people familiar with the matter, and Bloomberg said the plan could still change. (respawn.outlookindia.com) The next hard checkpoint is Nintendo’s next quarterly earnings update, which outside reports expect in late July or early August 2026. By then, investors will be watching for any change to the company’s 16.5 million unit sales forecast and for signs that the reported production target is being maintained. (gameluster.com) (bloomberg.com)