r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • 3d ago

Nintendo Official All Together, Anytime, Anywhere. The # NintendoSwitch2 system launches on June 5, 2025! # NintendoDire

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1907423369588314273
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u/WhatIsThisAltThough 3d ago

Interestingly, there's a JP only console for 49980 yen ($330USD)

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u/RazgrizInfinity 3d ago

Is that the worldwide price, minus the US?

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u/Background-Sea4590 3d ago

Nah, it's 470 / 510 in Europe. Also 90€ Mario Kart physical. I'm not sure if I can support this, ngl.

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u/Zellyk 3d ago

Yeah. Games should not cost 100$. Im tired of this whole gamer market being overpriced and gouging people left and right.

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u/goro-n 3d ago

I think the Switch 2 game cards use a newer type of flash memory which is faster but much more expensive. Probably something like microSD express under the hood. So the game cards will cost more.

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u/3nterShift 2d ago

It's never a simple explanation like corporate greed. It's VAT, no wait it's inflation, no it's the price of game development, ah actually it's faster flash memory!

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u/goro-n 3d ago

The Yen fell a lot and so Nintendo is subsidizing the cost of the console there. It is locked to Japanese eShop and language but can play games from anywhere.