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Price rises? What price rises? Nintendo reportedly ramping up Switch 2 production, aiming to produce 20 million consoles by March 2027

Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed·Dom Peppiatt·3 days ago
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Another 20m units, Nintendo? In this economy? Image credit: Eurogamer Nintendo is looking to produce a frankly eye-watering 20m Switch 2 units by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2027), per a report from Bloomberg . This number has been revised up from the 16.50m units it stated it wanted to produce in its previous financial report, and will effectively double the 19.86m consoles that have already sold through in the Switch 2's first year on sale. What makes this news even more suprising is that Nintnedo's reported sales revision comes after a controversial price rise for the Switch 2 , affecting the price of the hardware in US, Canada, Japan and Europe. Granted, these changes aren't expected to be in effect until September 2026, so maybe Nintendo is banking on people grabbing a console before the hikes hit? The rise is not an insubstantial amount (in the US a console rises from $449.99 to $499.99, in Canada from $629.99 to $679.99, and in Europe from €469.99 to €499.99).…

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