Nintendo plans to double the production of its Switch console this year due to high demand from consumers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The company will increase production of new gaming console, which went on sale March 3, from 8 million to 16 million by March of 2018, said the report.

While sales figures haven't been released, that production figure appears to be on track to match Nintendo's record breaking sales of the Wii system, which has sold more than 100 million units.

Nintendo has a lot riding on the success of the Switch, as the company's last console — the Wii U — was not the smash success that was hoped.

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No, artificial scarcity!

If they're producing 16 million, I hope at least 12 million of those will ship this fiscal year. Then my prediction will be right.

just imagine that though. if in 1 year the Switch could actually sell 16 million units when the Wii U in its lifetime sold 13 million

expected

Well, 16 millions is too much to sell in the first year of any console.So Im guessing that the best case scenario here is 12 millions, and those 4 millions for the first few months of the other fiscal year

Wii did it.

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly/2007/Global/

Not everyone reads articles everyday or even every week, for some this is news, if this is old for most it will sink quickly, so dont worry 

Still, I think it would be too optimistic, even for my standard!

If the Wii had launched in March 2007, it still would have sold over 16 million in that single year. Probably more than what it sold in reality, because launch sales are strong regardless of season. Anyways, this thread is about the fiscal year, which ends in March 2018, making this even more doable.