Nintendo cuts Switch 2 production amid weakening console sales

March 24, 2026 Jess Weatherbed

A photo of a Nintendo Switch 2 in its dock.

Nintendo will produce fewer Switch 2 units than it previously projected in response to weakening demand for the console in the US, Bloomberg reports. Four million units of Nintendo's flagship device are expected to be made this quarter instead of the six million it had originally planned, according to unnamed sources cited by the publication, with the reduced output set to continue in April.

Last month, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said during an earnings call that "overseas sales were somewhat weaker than expected."

This slowdown follows a record-breaking launch in June last year, making the Switch 2 Nintendo's fastest-selling con …

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