Nintendo expect to sell "two million" Nintendo Switch consoles in the first month of it going on sale.

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch

The product hasn't even reach the shelves yet and Reggie Fils-Aimé, the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, already has sales numbers in his head as it approaches the release date for the new console, which is slated to arrive on March 3.

He told Wired: "Two million for essentially the first month is a huge number, especially when you look and see that this is not peak seasonality.

"This is essentially the first three weeks of March.

"Our focus is making sure that the consumer who wants to buy a Nintendo Switch can buy a Nintendo Switch."

Fils-Aimé's confidence in the new machine is based on the success of the Nintendo NES Classic, which sold out around the globe in record time, leaving many gamers walking away empty-handed and disappointed.

However, in the UK it doesn't look promising as stockist GAME have already said they are not sure they will able to fulfil every order for Switch.

They said: "As of this time we have not received official confirmation of stock allocation.

"Until we have our allocation confirmed by Nintendo we cannot guarantee that every order will be fulfilled for launch."

At the launch of on Friday (13.01.17), 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe' was confirmed for Switch and will be released on April 28.

Nintendo Switch has a price guide of £279.99.