The Nintendo Switch has been a huge success. The small one from Nintendo became the second best-selling console of its generation, it was successful well over 100 million units sold, and although he is already 7 years old, he is experiencing a second (or third) youth. This is evidenced by their sales, and according to the latest information, we have sales estimates for this quarter around 19 million pieces.

According to Bloomberg, the Japanese company is not willing to take its foot off the accelerator has decided to increase production of the Nintendo Switch carried by two great keys: the strong demand that still exists in the market for this console and the improvement of the production chain situation. In this sense, we must emphasize that the lack of components seems to be a thing of the past and that it would also have a positive impact on the production costs of the Nintendo console.

It seems that Nintendo wants to make the most of its console’s lifespan, and that the Nintendo Switch 2, its successor, won’t arrive until 2024. Even if this next-gen model does launch it is likely to co-exist for a reasonable time with the original, something we have seen on previous occasions, although it is impossible to predict how long the big N will be willing to continue supporting the Nintendo Switch when the second generation model arrives.

The truth is that Nintendo has reasons to increase production of the Nintendo Switch. We’ve already seen the two most important ones, but we’re still missing another one that’s key and could give this console a golden moment in the final phase of its life cycle, the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomone of the most anticipated games of today and one of the most important Nintendo exclusives.

Some analysts are less sympathetic to this move by Nintendo, but they also thought the Nintendo Switch would be a failure because it wasn’t up to PS4 in terms of performance and looks, it eventually made it so far that you might end up selling it.