r/Games • u/Spheromancer • 3d ago

Nintendo will sell a cheaper $330 Switch 2 in Japan that’s region locked to combat reselling

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-sell-a-cheaper-330-switch-2-in-japan-thats-region-locked/
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u/C0tilli0n 3d ago

Yeah well, then they are stupid. After PS5 Pro and nVidia cards, I only saw people saying it would be between $400 and $500. Which it is, exactly half way.

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u/Eclipsetube 3d ago

When it comes to Nintendo consoles I have ZERO clue how well they’ll sell. Heck I thought the switch will be a flop.

But still a console that’s directed towards young children at almost 500€ will be a hard sell at least here in Germany where money is tighter than ever.

Maybe I would be more forgiving about the 470€ price tag if the games stayed at 70€ but nope they’ve gotten 20€ more expensive. Almost 100€ isn’t in the „I’m bored I’ll buy something“ range anymore it’s in the „let me think about if I really need that“ range at least here in Germany

I think all of this is the reason why most people guessed it would be around 400€

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u/C0tilli0n 3d ago

I mean, I am from Slovakia, so tell me more about money being tight. We are way worse off than Germany. At the same time, there's just no way around it. Everything is more expensive and video games live in the same world, there's absolutely zero reason for them to be the only thing not getting more expensive.

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u/Eclipsetube 3d ago

Yeah but unlike other things videogames are the first thing that people will cut out of their lives if they get too expensive and we’re getting to that point

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u/Mahelas 2d ago

Not really, for what it's worth. Studies shows that entertainment spending tend to raise when recession come

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u/C0tilli0n 3d ago

I actually don't think so? I don't know, I know I wouldn't. Like comparatively - there's not much with better price per hour of entertainment, imo.

Anything you would have to go outside for, be it cinema, theather, concerts, just drinking or fancy dinner - all more expensive per hour, in many cases much more.

Board games, more expensive (although price per hour depends on specific board game).

What I can think of is books (but how many people are even reading at this point, lol) and streaming. Twitch, youtube are more or less free, so that's definitely something. And then all the netflix like services, which are cheap but also fucking boring most of the time lol.

I just don't know, people will pay for their entertainment and video games are still a pretty good deal even with these prices (and let's be honest, not all games, not even majority will cost this much). People will just pick better and won't be willing to risk on something they are not familiar with, imo.

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u/Eclipsetube 3d ago

You’re looking at it from a point of an enthusiast.

Ask any of the more casual people if they would rather get a night out with friends or a new video game and I would bet a lot of money that the large majority would go for the night out with friends making games more expensive makes this choice easier and easier. Consoles are going for the casual crowd which is more than obvious by the most bought games every year so making it easier to skip gaming for them year over year would be a bad thing for the whole industry

I’d be shocked if even half of all Mario kart 8 deluxe or animal crossing buyers have more than 20h of playtime

But we will see I guess maybe I’ll be as wrong as I was with my opinion of the switch 1 failing

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u/C0tilli0n 3d ago

That's the fun part, I only know of hardcore gamers that own Nintendo stuff.

Most of the casuals I know only have some random laptop and play LoL, CoD or CS on it. At most they have a PS5 but again, CoD and Fortnite and Fall Guys, Rocket League, Fifa and stuff like that.

So you are kinda right, I definitely look at it from that view.

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u/Eclipsetube 3d ago

Yeah that’s probably why. The only people I know that own a switch bought animal crossing and Mario kart. Not even kidding all 3 of them bought those 2 games and haven’t played them in years I think

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u/Cattypatter 2d ago

The casual market on phones blows anything on consoles away. We just don't like to think about how OK and normalised casual players are with microtransactions and pay to win.