The Nintendo Switch 2 was finally revealed after multiple leaks last month, and the hybrid console is set to arrive sometime in 2025.
Undoubtedly, demand for the successor to the highly successful Switch will be sky-high when it launches. Nintendo is reportedly preparing to meet the high demand for the Switch 2 to prevent resellers from impacting stock at launch.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa told Nikkei on Tuesday that the company would “prepare enough products to meet demand” for Nintendo Switch 2 at launch (translated from Japanese).
The Switch 2 will have sufficient stock ahead of release, so that resellers could be prevented from creating supply shortages for the console with high demand at launch.
In February 2024, Nikkei had reported that the decision to delay the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 to early 2025 was taken in part to prevent scalpers — people who buy products in bulk quantities at launch to resell at a profit — from impacting supplies.