Nintendo Switch 2 Production Allegedly Slashed By Millions After Big Sales Miss

This morning, a huge Nintendo story hit the headlines: per Bloomberg, Nintendo is allegedly reducing Switch 2 manufacturing goals from 6 million units this quarter to 4 million units due to sales figures trailing expectations for the 2025 holiday season.

This report has proven to be contentious for a few reasons, not the least of which being its source, Takashi Mochizuki. While Bloomberg itself is indeed an esteemed establishment, Mochizuki in particular has previously published reports regarding Nintendo and Sony's PlayStation that were later denied by the manufacturers. In particular, Mochizuki claimed that Sony was chopping PS5 production, and that Nintendo was setting wholesale prices to promote sales in Japan.

The embedded Tweet below has screenshots of those previously published spurious stories:

A lot of you guys sent me the articles of false reporting and why you are skeptical of Mochizuki and Bloomberg, so I want to just put ...