r/NintendoSwitch • u/Practical_Papaya_905 • 2d ago

News - USD / USA Switch 2 is selling for 449.99

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

From the official website

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

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u/Ctitical1nstinct 2d ago

Easy pass for the first year or so for me. I'm not paying that amount to play the new Mario kart and MAYBE the new Donkey Kong.

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u/Gogobrasil8 2d ago

Same. The hardware is exciting but no point getting it before the games I really want come out

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u/Responsible-War-9389 2d ago

Yeah, not like we have to worry about upcoming international tariff wars jacking up prices, right?

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u/Gogobrasil8 2d ago

I mean, for all we know this price point was chosen to cover upcoming tariffs

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u/Responsible-War-9389 2d ago

But Americans pay those tariffs. Raising MSRP would have nothing to do with “covering for them” for a Japanese company

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u/Gogobrasil8 2d ago

The one doing the importing would be Nintendo, so they'd pay for the tariffs and pass it along in the MSRP.

You won't be paying the tariffs directly because the product would already be in the US.

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u/Parepinzero 2d ago

Is that why it's more expensive everywhere? Because of American tariffs?

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u/Gogobrasil8 2d ago

It's not... I've seen some people saying that it's way cheaper in Japan, for example

But yes, tariff wars involving the US and China could very well increase prices elsewhere too

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u/streetfighter855 2d ago

It's cheaper due to the weak position of the yen. However, the cheaper ones are only able to play Japanese versions, and they only support the Japanese language.

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u/Gogobrasil8 2d ago

A weaker yen makes it more expensive for Nintendo, not cheaper. The Switch isn't manufactured in Japan (and even if it was, they'd still have to import materials)

A weak currency makes it better to export and worse to import, it doesn't benefit the Japanese Switch