How hard will it be to get a Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. at launch and during the rest of 2025? According to Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser, the company believes it will have enough units to meet consumer demand “through the holidays.”
Speaking to IGN in an interview to discuss the opening of the Nintendo San Francisco store, Bowser said that while it’s seen a “strong” positive reaction to Switch 2, it has a plan to have a “continuous flow of product” for 2025. Switch 2 launches on June 5.
“[Nintendo President] Mr. [Shuntaro] Furukawa last week announced that we’ll have 15 million units in our forecast for Nintendo Switch 2 and 4.5 million units for Nintendo Switch during the fiscal year,” Bowser said.
“That forecast was really driven by wanting to match, if you will, what we accomplished with Nintendo Switch in the first 10 months of its release. As we look at our plans here in the U.S., we do believe we’ll have production and supply that will allow us to meet consumer demand. We know there’s been strong positive reaction to Nintendo Switch 2 early on and we’ve seen that through our preorders, but we do have a plan to have a continuous flow of product that’ll be available through the holidays.”
That’s good news for anyone hoping to get a Switch 2 in the U.S. this year. It’s fair to say preorders for the console have been rough. After a delay due to tariffs, Nintendo Switch 2 preorders went live on April 24 with the price of the console still fixed at $449.99 — and they went about as well as you’d expect. Meanwhile, Nintendo has issued a warning to U.S. customers who applied for a Switch 2 pre-order from the My Nintendo Store, saying release date delivery is not guaranteed due to very high demand.
Bowser’s latest comments, though, suggest those who have put their name down for a Switch 2 will get one. Check out IGN’s Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order guide for more.
Meanwhile, there’s been all sorts of concern about tariffs and whether Nintendo may be forced to raise the price of the Switch 2 and its games in response. We asked Bowser to what extent he could commit to Switch 2’s $450 price tag for both launch and beyond?
Responding, Bowser kept things vague, but did suggest Nintendo had “made a commitment” by announcing the Switch 2 at $450 and the Switch 2 with Mario Kart World bundle at $500.
“Well, we made a commitment by announcing the pricing of both the single SKU at $449 and then the bundled SKU with Mario Kart World at $499,” Bowser said.
“And we really thought it was important that we established that price point, even after further tariffs were announced, to give consumers that comfort that they would be able to purchase at that price point. Obviously, it’s still a very fluid situation and it’s difficult to determine what may be happening in the upcoming months or weeks. But our commitment is to find ways within existing market conditions or changing market conditions to make our products, including Nintendo Switch 2 hardware, as obtainable as we possibly can.”
Check out IGN’s interview with Doug Bowser in full for more on the Nintendo San Francisco store and the Switch 2.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
