Nintendo producing 20 million Switch 2 consoles

Nintendo has asked partners and suppliers 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 production target is roughly 20% above the public sales outlook Nintendo issued earlier this month. Bloomberg said the plan is not final and could still be revised depending on demand. Nintendo has not publicly confirmed a 20 million-unit production goal. May 8 is the date of Nintendo’s latest annual financial release, which set a public forecast of 16.5 million Switch 2 unit sales for the current fiscal year, according to the company’s investor relations page. That figure came after Nintendo said it sold 19.86 million Switch 2 consoles in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, based on coverage of the company’s results and Nintendo’s posted materials. ### Where does the 20 million figure come from? Bloomberg reporter Takashi Mochizuki wrote that Nintendo had asked suppliers to assemble about 20 million Switch 2 consoles in the year through March, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg said the schedule suggests Nintendo sees room to outperform its own published outlook, though the plan could change. May 22 is when Nintendo Life amplified the Bloomberg report in a separate article. Nintendo Life said the reported production figure was “significantly higher” than Nintendo’s 16.5 million-unit sales forecast from its year-end financial report. ### How does that compare with Nintendo’s official guidance? Nintendo’s own published number is 16.5 million Switch 2 units for the fiscal year ending March 2027, according to the company’s investor relations materials and earnings coverage tied to the May 8 release. Bloomberg’s reported production figure is higher because it refers to planned assembly, not the formal sales forecast Nintendo has given investors. A sales forecast and a production plan are not the same metric. Nintendo can build more hardware than it ultimately sells in a fiscal year, and Bloomberg said the internal production volume plan is still subject to revision. ### Why would Nintendo plan above its public forecast? Bloomberg said the company’s current schedule points to confidence in its ability to support Switch 2 demand with upcoming games. That assessment was Bloomberg’s, based on the reported production plan and the company’s software pipeline. Nintendo Life also pointed to Nintendo’s recent history of revising hardware expectations upward. The outlet noted that Nintendo had previously raised its launch-year Switch 2 sales target after demand came in stronger than first expected, and later surpassed that revised goal. ### What has Nintendo said publicly so far? Nintendo’s investor relations page lists the May 8 earnings release, financial results explanatory material and briefing documents for the fiscal year ended March 2026. Those materials are the company’s latest official public reference point for Switch 2 sales guidance. Nintendo has not, in the publicly cited materials tied to this report, announced a new 20 million-unit sales target for Switch 2. Bloomberg’s report described the 20 million figure as an internal production request to manufacturing partners and suppliers, not a revised public forecast. ### What should readers watch next? March 2027 is the deadline attached to Bloomberg’s reported production window, and Nintendo’s next formal checkpoint will be a future earnings update or any revised guidance posted through its investor relations site. Bloomberg said the production plan may be revised depending on demand, making Nintendo’s next public forecast the key document to watch.