Nintendo Thinks It Can Meet Switch 2 Demand in the US Into the Holidays - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 June 2025 / 5,272 Views
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser in an interview with CBS Mornings thinks Nintendo will be able to meet Switch 2 demand in the US into the holidays with "a steady supply."
"We have a steady supply of manufacturing that will be coming in, and we believe we’ll be able to meet that demand all the way through the summer, through Father’s Day, and then on into the holiday period also," said Bowser (via VideoGamesChronicle).
Bowser was asked about the Switch 2 price of $450, which is $150 higher than original Switch price of $300.
"Well, first of all the Nintendo Switch 2 is really built from the ground up, so we’ve included a number of new gameplay features and social features that I think fans will really, really enjoy," he said.
"From a gameplay perspective, we’ve upgraded the processing power, so there’s high fidelity graphics that are much improved over the original Nintendo Switch.
"We’ve also included some very unique features with our Joy-Cons, which are our controllers, where they just snap off very easily. They’re magnetic, they can snap back on, and kind of the really neat feature is they can be used as a mouse with various compatible games."
He added the Trump tariffs are having an impact on the Switch 2 production and price.
"It’s still a very fluid and complex situation as it is for most companies," he said. "We’re continually looking at various scenarios of how we make sure we can keep our pricing as low as possible and the products as obtainable as possible.
"For the Nintendo Switch 2, we’ve already announced we’ll be holding our pricing for $449 for the base unit and $499 for the bundle with Mario Kart World, but we did have to [increase] pricing on some accessories."
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👏 to Nintendo for sticking to their word so far. Supply seems very strong!
Either that, or demand is low. We're just going to have to wait to find out.
I don't think the demand is low. It will break records for the best launch ever and I've seen so much people with the Switch 2
Maybe, here there are sta ks of switch2 not sold.
I pity the scalpers since its easy to get a switch2
In my area the Switch 2 is completely sold out at every retailer withiin a 100 mile radius.
I'm going to wait to see the official numbers instead of just guessing. I've done that before (made guesses). It rarely turns out well lol
There were over 60ppl in line at my GameStop launch night. They supplied 48 systems. So, my bet is on solid supply, but ofc my situation isn’t representative of the entire market.
In my country (Spain, Europe) the Switch 2 is completely sold out.
They’ve bumped production up to 20 million units by March, according to Bloomberg.
Well here in holland there are stacks of consoles on sale at stores like media markt.
I think so too...with these prices and lack of games, I sense many gamers will be on the bench this Christmas.
