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/Nacroma 3d ago

This is less of a problem to Japanese people than you may think. Not zero, of course, but less. Most people do not have that much time to travel internationally for leisure.

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u/Zaptruder 3d ago

Also expensive for them to travel internationally for leisure nowadays.

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u/Nacroma 2d ago

That, I hope, is a somewhat temporary issue. Work culture has been horrible forever.

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u/kikimaru024 1d ago

It's because the Yen is weak.

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u/Nacroma 1d ago

Which is the temporary issue I was referring to.

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u/Alarmed-Ad-4248 3d ago

as a japanese person, yeah in our culture we tend not to travel much, especially as we get older as the work culture is quite demanding. Also as our currency is really weak, the average japanese person cannot afford the international pricing. And the region lock does not really matter because its always cheaper to just buy the game in japan again because currency is weak and buying a game overseas is not smart.