Nintendo Partners With Samsung to Make Switch 2 Chips to Ramp Up Production - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 May 2025 / 3,425 Views
Nintendo has signed a deal with Samsung to make the Nvidia-designed custom processor for the Nintendo Switch 2, according to a Bloomberg report.
The sources told Bloomberg the deal with Samsung could help ramp Switch 2 production fast enough to sell 20 million Switch 2 consoles by the end of March 2026, with the potential to ramp up even higher depending on capacity.
If the report turns out to be true and Nintendo is able to ship 20 million units by March 2026 that would beat the company's current forecast of 15 million units.
Samsung already makes some components for Nintendo like the memory chips and displays, however, they have had issues with competing against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to make chips for Nintendo and other electronic devices.
Another sources also claims Samsung is pushing OLED panels if Nintendo were to release a Switch 2 OLED model in the future.
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Nintendo will sell every Switch 2 they can produce this Year.
Dual-sourcing chips could have some serious implications for battery life... Samsung typically isn't as good as TSMC on a node-for-node basis.
I think Nintendo made the right choice, but when it comes to shrinking down the chip, they will need to do twice the work to make it happen.
But a massive boon for building a large volume of units.
Also creates some more silicon-security, rather than having all your eggs in one basket if there is market disruption.
Those Samsung chips wouldn't be a concern in a Switch 2 Home/TV model...
Hope this works out.
It will be interesting to see Switcth sales at this price.
yeah for sure. I for one won't be buying due to the crazy pricing. But the system itself does look awesome. I'm sure at least initial demand will be strong despite the fact that Nintendo could have had much much stronger interest in it with a few sensible changes. But then it'll be interesting to see how much most consumers are willing to pay given that Nintendo entirely abandoned their long held position of affordability.
