Trots att det har funnits rejält med Switch 2 tillgängliga vid releasen och flera halvt oslagbara försäljningsrekord har satts, så har den varit så populär att många blivit utan konsol. Under ett möte med Nintendos investerare nyligen (tack Nintendo Life) ställdes frågan om företaget missbedömt intresset och vad orsaken till detta är.
Nintendo-chefen Shuntaro Furukawa beklagade läget och svarade såhär (via av NStyles):
"Currently, in many countries, the demand for Switch 2 exceeds the supply, and we are unable to meet it. We understand that some shareholders have also been unable to obtain it. We started accepting lottery sales at My Nintendo Store in April. The response far exceeded our expectations, and I announced in my name on X that there were 2.2 million applicants, along with an apology.
Since then, we have conducted four lottery sales, but some people were not selected. We have announced that the fifth lottery will take place starting in July. Many general retailers have also conducted lottery sales. The number of stores offering in-store sales is gradually increasing.
As a company, we are working to improve our production system to deliver as many units as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience caused by this initial demand, which greatly exceeded our expectations."
I samband med detta förklarade även Furukawa att de försökt premiera gamla kunder genom att låta dem få förtur att köpa en enhet via Nintendo själva, för att på så sätt bibehålla dem mellan generationerna, något han menar varit svårt tidigare.
