{"id":1843701,"date":"2026-03-24T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1843701"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:44:25","slug":"switch-2-demand-appears-to-be-flagging-as-nintendo-reportedly-lowers-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1843701","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Kirby our enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/metroid-prime-4-crop.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Metroid Prime 4: Beyond artwork showing Samus Aran reaching toward the screen with a glowing purple hand.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"metroid-prime-4-crop.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-24T11:44:25+00:00\">March 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/switch-2-flagging-nintendo-lowers-production?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          11 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"75aa6f9b-c071-4397-a990-af7ad45b68e9\" data-name=\"Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\" title=\"Follow Metroid Prime 4: Beyond\"><br \/>\n  Follow Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/in-its-first-few-months-on-sale-switch-2-outpaced-the-ps4-the-ps5-and-the-original-switch-and-nintendo-only-expects-things-to-get-better\">Year-one for Nintendo&#8217;s Switch 2 began brightly<\/a>, with early, record-breaking sales success. But a new report has suggested demand for Nintendo&#8217;s newest console is flagging, especially in the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-24\/nintendo-cuts-switch-2-output-by-over-30-on-weak-holiday-sales?leadSource=reddit_wall&amp;embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> that Nintendo is cutting back production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>, lowering manufacturing from 6 million units to 4m &#8211; a drop of a third &#8211; and that the reduced output will continue in April. That&#8217;s according to &#8220;people familiar with the matter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons for the dip is thought to be games. The big Christmas earner for Switch 2 was supposed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/metroid-prime-4\">Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<\/a>, but it struggled to sell 1m copies in December, said Bloomberg, way below Nintendo&#8217;s expectations. &#8220;Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is enjoyable enough,&#8221; we wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review\">our Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review<\/a>, &#8220;and has glimpses of vintage Metroid shining through, but this game could and should have been so much more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s share-price sagged in response, but it was reinflated recently by the better-than-expected performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;one of the best spin-offs the franchise has ever seen&#8221;, we wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">our Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia review<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/after-a-successful-launch-weekend-pokopia-has-become-one-of-the-best-selling-pokemon-spin-offs-ever\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia raced to more than 2m sales<\/a> after only four days on sale.<\/p>\n<p>Attention will now turn to games like From Software&#8217;s as yet undated Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and slew of third-party releases, to propel Nintendo&#8217;s newest console into year two.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, games aren&#8217;t the only challenge Nintendo&#8217;s hardware faces. Economic factors such as AI-driven demand for computer components, as well as unpredictable tariffs and war in the Middle East, have caused problems for supply and manufacture. There&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-role-of-the-console-is-shifting-are-rising-prices-the-end-for-games-consoles-as-we-know-them\">a wider sense that the role of the console as an entry-level gateway into gaming is shifting<\/a>, and that phones and tablets occupy that space instead.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a counterpoint to this doom and gloom, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-boosted-japan-console-market-in-2025\">Switch 2 is performing very well in Japan<\/a>, but its worldwide performance means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/in-its-first-few-months-on-sale-switch-2-outpaced-the-ps4-the-ps5-and-the-original-switch-and-nintendo-only-expects-things-to-get-better\">Nintendo hasn&#8217;t raised the full-year sales expectation of Switch 2 beyond 19m<\/a>, which is a tactic Bloomberg noted it usually likes to use.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/in-its-first-few-months-on-sale-switch-2-outpaced-the-ps4-the-ps5-and-the-original-switch-and-nintendo-only-expects-things-to-get-better\">Year-one for Nintendo&#8217;s Switch 2 began brightly<\/a>, with early, record-breaking sales success. But a new report has suggested demand for Nintendo&#8217;s newest console is flagging, especially in the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-24\/nintendo-cuts-switch-2-output-by-over-30-on-weak-holiday-sales?leadSource=reddit_wall&amp;embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> that Nintendo is cutting back production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a>, lowering manufacturing from 6 million units to 4m &#8211; a drop of a third &#8211; and that the reduced output will continue in April. That&#8217;s according to &#8220;people familiar with the matter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons for the dip is thought to be games. The big Christmas earner for Switch 2 was supposed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/metroid-prime-4\">Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<\/a>, but it struggled to sell 1m copies in December, said Bloomberg, way below Nintendo&#8217;s expectations. &#8220;Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is enjoyable enough,&#8221; we wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review\">our Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review<\/a>, &#8220;and has glimpses of vintage Metroid shining through, but this game could and should have been so much more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s share-price sagged in response, but it was reinflated recently by the better-than-expected performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;one of the best spin-offs the franchise has ever seen&#8221;, we wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">our Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia review<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/after-a-successful-launch-weekend-pokopia-has-become-one-of-the-best-selling-pokemon-spin-offs-ever\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia raced to more than 2m sales<\/a> after only four days on sale.<\/p>\n<p>Attention will now turn to games like From Software&#8217;s as yet undated Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and slew of third-party releases, to propel Nintendo&#8217;s newest console into year two.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, games aren&#8217;t the only challenge Nintendo&#8217;s hardware faces. Economic factors such as AI-driven demand for computer components, as well as unpredictable tariffs and war in the Middle East, have caused problems for supply and manufacture. There&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-role-of-the-console-is-shifting-are-rising-prices-the-end-for-games-consoles-as-we-know-them\">a wider sense that the role of the console as an entry-level gateway into gaming is shifting<\/a>, and that phones and tablets occupy that space instead.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a counterpoint to this doom and gloom, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-boosted-japan-console-market-in-2025\">Switch 2 is performing very well in Japan<\/a>, but its worldwide performance means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/in-its-first-few-months-on-sale-switch-2-outpaced-the-ps4-the-ps5-and-the-original-switch-and-nintendo-only-expects-things-to-get-better\">Nintendo hasn&#8217;t raised the full-year sales expectation of Switch 2 beyond 19m<\/a>, which is a tactic Bloomberg noted it usually likes to use.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production Kirby our enthusiasm. 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