Nintendo Switch production has been increased to 2 million units per month

The Nintendo Switch has undoubtedly been one of, if not the most sought-after pieces of tech during 2017. There's plenty of good reasons for that, headlined by its every growing library of quality exclusives like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U version notwithstanding) and the soon-to-be-released Super Mario Odyssey. As a result, the console has often been very hard to find, but that may soon be changing.

DigiTimes reports that Nintendo has increased its production of Switch units to 2 million per month according to "sources from the upstream supply chain." Nintendo had sold 4.7 million units by June and with the console's impending release in China, the company definitely needed to be able to get more Switches on more shelves all over the world.

DigiTimes also says that Nintendo aims to sell 20 million units during the fiscal year of 2017, which is double what Variety reported back in September. So either the console has had a historic month of September, or DigiTimes has their numbers wrong. Their "sources" have also reported that Switch supply shortages are "due to tight supplies of key components including DRAM."

Switch consoles remain in short supply over in Japan, and Taiwan will launch them this December. China's release date is still unknown but is said to come sometime in 2018. With China's fairly recent ban lift on console sales (2014), it remains to be seen how well the Switch will do over there. But regardless, making the Switch more readily available to those who want them is a good move none the less.

[DigiTimes, Gamespot]