{"id":5522,"date":"2025-04-23T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2025-04-24T18:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:20:22","slug":"switch-2-demand-far-exceeds-expectations-as-nintendo-apologises-to-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/switch-2-demand-far-exceeds-expectations-as-nintendo-apologises-to-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 demand \u2018far exceeds\u2019 expectations as Nintendo apologises to players"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Demand for the Switch 2<\/a> has surpassed Nintendo’s expectations in Japan<\/a>, as it issues a statement about pre-orders.<\/p>\n

Nintendo may have fumbled certain details around the Switch 2’s reveal, with some very poor communication around pricing<\/a>, but that has had seemingly no effect on pre-orders.<\/p>\n

Many retailers across the UK and Europe<\/a> have already sold out<\/a>, after pre-orders went live earlier this month – ahead of the console’s launch on June 5. Pre-orders across the US<\/a> and Canada, meanwhile, are set to go live tomorrow<\/a>, after they were delayed by the tariff situation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Japan, interest in the console has reached such an unprecedented level that Nintendo has had to release a statement to apologise for failing to meet demand.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Wednesday, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa warned that many people who applied for the My Nintendo Store lottery will miss out on a chance to pre-order a console on April 24, as they received 2.2 million applications in Japan alone.<\/p>\n

‘Hello, this is Furukawa,’ the statement begins. ‘We have been procuring many materials and proceeding with production in advance so that we can deliver the Nintendo Switch 2 to you. On April 2, we announced details about the Nintendo Switch 2 and started accepting applications for the lottery sale on the My Nintendo Store.<\/p>\n

‘As a result, we received an extremely large number of applications, approximately 2.2 million in Japan alone. However, this number far exceeds our expectations, and far exceeds the number of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles that can be delivered from the My Nintendo Store on June 5. Therefore, unfortunately, we expect that a significant number of customers will not be selected when the winners are announced tomorrow, April 24.’<\/p>\n

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Furukawa states those who are not selected in tomorrow’s lottery will be automatically re-entered into a second draw, but even after both lotteries, Nintendo ‘cannot fulfill all of the applications we received’.<\/p>\n

He added: ‘We deeply apologise for failing to meet your expectations despite our preparations.’<\/p>\n

Nintendo states it is ‘working on further strengthening our production system’ to meet demand, and encouraged people to try and a secure a console through other retailers.<\/p>\n

‘Furthermore, we are planning to produce and ship a substantial number of Nintendo Switch 2 units moving forward,’ Furukawa added. ‘We sincerely apologise for the time it will take to fully meet your expectations and kindly ask for your understanding.’<\/p>\n

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