2.2 million people have applied to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan as the company apologizes for not being able to meet demand ‘despite prior preparations’

• Nintendo has warned that it may not be able to meet Nintendo Switch 2 demand in Japan
• “approximately 2.2 million people” have applied to buy one there
• Pre-orders are currently live in the US and UK, though very hard to get

Nintendo has issued a warning that it may not be able to meet the huge demand for Nintendo Switch 2 units in Japan.

In a recent statement posted to X / Twitter that we have machine translated, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that the company has “been procuring many material[s] and proceeding with production in advance” in order to deliver enough Nintendo Switch 2 consoles to customers.