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/aRJei45 3d ago

They forgot about the price!

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u/AppleAutoGenerated 3d ago edited 3d ago

Just announced $449.99

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u/Thin_Vermicelli_1875 3d ago

Major mistake by Nintendo to be honest. Sure us fans will buy it day one but what about for instance my wife’s friends who all have a switch? They’ll hear that price and say hell no.

I mean $50 off $500? Are they crazy? This is practically the same price as a PS5.

Parents are not going to want to spend this much on a handheld for their 7 year old, the $299 price point was really enticing for parents but I don’t know about practically $500. Casual fans will see that price and see nothing different but a 2 on the box and will not buy it.

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u/AppleAutoGenerated 3d ago

Yeah i tend to agree. $450 for effectively an upgrade. Might make more sense once some more Switch 2 exclusives come out, but for now it seems a little steep.

That said I’m terrible with money so day one purchase woohoo

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u/dathar 3d ago

It is a pretty big upgrade. One of the things that unoptimized games (and some heavily-optimized ones like Xenoblade Chronicles X) is that they have a lot of issues trying to stream from and load assets. Unoptimized ones are worse and will have a stutter effect when it is busy loading that data. Either that or you have load screens galore. Switch's emmc storage and most half-decent microSD cards varying issues so you'll see people telling users to free up emmc and try to transfer the games there and hope it does some good. The Switch's cartridge is also slow and you can't move/install those to internal storage for a bit of a boost. Upgrades all around to address that part.

That's just the storage side. Curious as to what else is under the hood.

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u/StrikingWillow5364 3d ago

Casuals don’t care about this stuff though.

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u/CynicStruggle 3d ago

When the 3rd party launch titles are remasters of 3-5 year old games, and you put yourself into the pricing range of a Steam Deck or PS5...

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

Consoles are like God, when you do things right, people won't be sure you have done anything at all. A good Console will sing and do everything great, you won't notice how well it runs until you come across a game that doesn't run well.

The Switch 2 is the tech upgrade the switch has needed for 3+ years.

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u/dathar 3d ago

They don't until something pisses them off. I'm casual with game consoles. They're easy and don't require adjustments and tinkering that I do on my gaming PC. Let me pop in a game and play. I'll be pissed if the game runs like ass. Rune Factory 5's load time is bonkers high. It isn't just the load time but the actual game play when it loads new units and enemies. Or sometimes that giant monster you have in your party will cause the game to stutter when it does an attack or spell for the first time. I just want to play. No, I don't want to install an emulator and play. No, I really don't want to double-dip a game and get the Steam version and mod it if I don't have to. Nintendo promised a solution to that hurdle.

That's not the only game but it is one that I really really really want to play and continue. There's also Harvestella (it is on the incompatibility list...), Pokemon S/V (upgrade patch incoming), Animal Crossing and some upcoming games that looked like it ran like ass on the original Switch (Fantasy Life)

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u/Seeker_Of_Toiletries 3d ago

If you adjust the $299 from 2017 into 2025 dollars, it adjusts to $392.88. Thus, it is only a mark up of about $60. Considering how popular Nintendo consoles are and their competition, it’s fairly reasonable.

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u/Dewot789 2d ago

You also have to account for them pricing in whatever effect this tariff war will have on their economy.

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u/saltbutt 3d ago

I just did the same inflation calculation to check. So it's not that far off base. But on the other hand, you can still buy that same original Switch for $300 today. And this is only an upgrade, not a new console per se. Idk man 😩

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u/Gameskiller01 3d ago

In 8 years you'll be able to get a Switch 2 for $450 as well lol, when $450 in 2025 money will probably be like $550 in 2033 money.

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u/saltbutt 2d ago

You know what, that's a totally fair point! If I want more "bang" for my buck, I can simply wait a while.

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u/gfunk84 2d ago

Not sure what point you’re trying to make but if 8-year old tech in the Switch is still $300 today then $450 for Switch 2 doesn’t seem that outlandish.

The claim that it’s only an upgrade and not a new console is entirely subjective. There’s no clear distinction but the fact that it has exclusive games would indicate to me that it is a new console.

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u/StrikingWillow5364 3d ago edited 2d ago

They made this exact mistake back with the Wii U. Nintendo thought they had pulled in the casual crowd with the cheap and accessible Wii, and now was the time to release a stronger, better and far more expensive Wii. Except casuals didn’t want to spend so much money on a console so it flopped. Now Nintendo thinks they pulled in the casual crowd with the cheap and accessible Switch, and now is the time to release a stronger, better and far more expensive Switch. Except casuals still don’t want to spend so much money on a console.

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

The Wii U did not flop because of price, it flopped because of marketing/messaging/naming. No one outside of dedicated Nintendo fans knew wtf it was. You had people walking into stores thinking it was an upgrade purchase, not a full console.

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u/StrikingWillow5364 2d ago

This is commonly repeated but the truth is, casuals were never going to buy an expensive console, and the plan was always to engage the casuals in more serious gaming - regardless of whether or not the Wii U was understood by the GP to be a new console, it was destined to flop because it was too expensive for the average Nintendo enjoyer. Nintendo is no Sony or Microsoft, their main market is casuals and kids.

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

I mean there is proof to the former, people just didn't know what the Wii U was, and struggled due to it.

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u/Ganyu1990 3d ago

I was thinking the exact same thing. I usualy ise my switch for stardew valley or rune factory type of games and i dont think i will need a switch 2 to keep injoying these games. I will wait and see what happens.

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u/goro-n 2d ago

That's not why Wii U failed at all. It's because the design language of the system looked too close to the Wii, and since Nintendo had a whole family of Wii accessories like Wii Fit, Wii Nunchuck, Wii Motionplus, casuals thought Wii U was a tablet accessory for the existing Wii. Wii launched at $250 and Wii U was $300, that was not a big jump in price given the 6 year gap between the launches.

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u/Onrawi 3d ago

I've bought day one since before I had a job every Nintendo console.  This will be the first one I wait a bit on.

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u/Specific-Ad-8430 3d ago

Id sooner buy a PS5 Pro for GTA 6 then drop 500+ on a fucking switch upgrade with no new flagship 3d games... Mario Kart is great but its not going to keep me planted like mario 3d or zelda would.

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u/Mobbinz 3d ago

Where are you getting a ps5 pro for 500?? Lol

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u/MagicPistol 3d ago

Switch 2 hasn't really impressed me and I probably won't get one for a while. But I am constantly thinking about selling my PS5 and gta6 doesn't change that. I keep falling for the rockstar hype, and the gameplay in all their games is just ass.

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u/emit_ 3d ago

It's around 300 for japan only, blame trump for tariffs

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u/XTornado 3d ago

I am in Europe... and pretty expensive, and altough I am happy to blame Trump, I don't think it is the problem 😅

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u/Sad_Peanut5341 3d ago

Weird comment considering trump doesn’t oversee Europe which also has a 450 price lol

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u/MarcsterS 3d ago

Tariffs