Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in an interview with Japanese newspaper The Sankei Shimbun that the company will continue to support the Nintendo Switch even after its successor is released.

Scalpers are going to try to buy up as many Switch 2 consoles as possible, but Nintendo has a plan to stop them.

Company president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently asked what the Mario maker is doing to ensure a smooth launch of the Switch 2 and avoid the shortages that initially plagued the original hardware back in 2017.

Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke to the Japanese publication Nikkei (translated via VGC), and when asked how the company plans to ensure a smooth launch regarding stock shortages,

It seems like scalpers are everywhere these days, especially when it comes to new video game consoles, but Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says the company has plans to stop people from reselling the Switch 2.

When Nintendo releases the successor to the Nintendo Switch, opportunist people/bots will undoubtedly be ready to buy and then resell the new console.

Nintendo has said it’s ready to combat Switch 2 launch shortages and beat the scalpers, declaring: “We are making preparations.”

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke to the press for the first time since the Nintendo Switch 2 was announced and he has gone on the record to say that the company has made preparations for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 that should hopefully combat scalpers.

Recent years have shown that the demand for new consoles can often make them hard to come by, but Nintendo plans to circumvent any issues.

Nintendo has confirmed it's putting "measures" in place to ensure the Switch 2 launch won't be spoiled by scalpers and resellers.