The Nintendo Switch 2 is looking more and more likely to launch later this year, with some claiming that Nintendo may unveil the console as early as March. Regardless of when it will actually launch, Nintendo appears to have big plans to try to keep up with demand by manufacturing at least 10 million Switch 2 units.

As reported by Bloomberg reporter Takashi Mochizuki on Twitter/X, display shipment data suggests that Nintendo will manufacture more than 10 million Switch 2 units during the next fiscal year, which begins in April. Reporter Mochizuki noted that the Switch 2 should be more readily available once it is released. Especially when compared to the PS5 and Xbox Series X

. Due to chip shortages and increased demand, Sony and Microsoft's next-generation game consoles were very hard to find in the months following their launch. In fact, the situation for the PS5 was so severe that the console's supply chain problems were not fully resolved until last October.

Nintendo does not have a particularly good history when it comes to demand and supply; the Switch was notorious for not coming back easily in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the past, supply issues with other products such as amiibo figures and Nintendo Wii There have been.

Needless to say, some people are dreading the release of the Switch 2, as the likelihood of unavailability is very high. Especially if duffers buy up all the stock and sell it at exorbitantly high prices. This is because they are utterly shameless quibblers who will do anything to make a quick buck and complain when people say mean things about them.

Hopefully, by flooding the market with millions of Switch 2 consoles, Nintendo will be able to catch up with everything. If that happens, anyone who wants a Switch 2 will be able to get one, and the duffers will be left in limbo as a result.

The Nintendo Switch sold 13.2 million units in its first year, and with similar demand, it could still be quite difficult to obtain. However, given that the console is disappointingly underpowered and is rumored to have an LCD rather than an OLED display, it may curb demand from more serious gamers... I'm not saying it will be a repeat of the Wii U, but that ill-fated console is not guaranteed to succeed a second time It shows that a second time is not a guarantee.

But honestly, we won't know when that will be until the console is released. At the very least, Nintendo appears to be doing the right thing and appears to be putting all of its efforts into production in anticipation of growing demand.