Pricing on Switch family of products will be increasing in the US

[Gizmo_Duck]

Pricing for the Nintendo Switch 2 system, physical and digital Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games, as well as Nintendo Switch Online memberships, will remain unchanged at this time. However, please note that price adjustments may be necessary in the future.

 

[Neuromancer]

Yeah I'm not spending money on a switch unless someone buys it for me as a gift.

 

[kdslittlebro]

If it’s not a holiday gift for somebody, where you got a deadline, or maybe a kid where it matters a little less, you would be a fool to not put another 100 away for the console that’s getting supported for much longer. At least until they raise the 2’s price.

Sidenote, the 2 is just available on the website now I’m still waiting for more games than DK to play before I cop, but just like a suspected, they won’t be hard to find compared to last time

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Btw a switch 2 in Japan is like $330

 

[GambinoMakeItWork]

Sony should do this with PS4

you should be taxed for having the audacity to ask for new releases on your 12 year old jet engine

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[kdslittlebro]

Btw a switch 2 in Japan is like $330

The yen is weak af rn

 

[tripleaamin]

The yen is weak af rn

This plus its JP language only to add. Nintendo would be smart to not bite the hand that feeds you. As also mobile gacha gaming is huge in Japan. That is honestly their main competition over PS5 or Xbox.

 

[Address_Unknown]

Treat me like a pirate, 'cause I ain't paying/buying anything Nintendo at them margins on principle; Don't care how much I love Donkey Kong. fukk that.​

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Nintendo Switch consoles price increase are already in effect at Target:

Switch OLED - $399.99
Non-OLED - $339.99
Switch Lite - $229.99

 

[Return of the Jedi]

Btw a switch 2 in Japan is like $330

I was just out there last month; there’s two options. You can buy a regular Switch 2 for $450 or a $330 Switch 2 that is clearly labeled as region locked, FWIW. Japan is an important market to Nintendo, and they’re not being subjected to tariffs. It sucks from the outside, but it makes sense.

 

[Return of the Jedi]

This is obviously because of the Japan-US tariff “deal” that keeps a flat 15% tariff on all Japanese non-auto imports entering the US.

At this point, all three console manufacturers have raised the price on their old ass consoles… that’s clearly due to these tariffs fukking up the market. Stupidest economic policy we’ve seen in in the US in the last 50 years.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

The switch 1 slowed down a lot already over the past year. Makes me wonder if it still has a shot of outselling the PS2 with this price increase

I can’t imagine anyone picking up a OG switch for 50 dollars less than a switch 2

 

[daze23]

I'm sure this is because of tariffs and such, but it's crazy that an 8 y/o console is getting a price increase

 

[tripleaamin]

The switch 1 slowed down a lot already over the past year. Makes me wonder if it still has a shot of outselling the PS2 with this price increase

I can’t imagine anyone picking up a OG switch for 50 dollars less than a switch 2

It makes 0 sense. The only thing going for it is battery life. Everything else is in the Switch 2's favor. I guess some will say OLED, but just wait for the OLED Switch 2 at that point.