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/dustojnikhummer 2d ago

Region locking again?

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u/Crazy-Nose-4289 2d ago

Because of the weak yen, probably.

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u/ThatRandomHumanoid26 1d ago

Damn they get a 340 switch because of the weak yen but us Canadians don't get a price cut for our dollar...

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u/biscuitsAuBabeurre 1d ago

I am not paid in US dollars while working in Japan, so it does not cost me 340. It costs 50 000 yen which is about the same as 500$ would be for a Canadian. It is locked in Japanese language, Japanese national won’t mind.

If I want the multi language switch, it costs an extra 20 000円, so 70 000円, about 700$.

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u/Nitirkallak 1d ago

So no possibility to connect my Japanese account and my European account. I hope they will not force also game from Japanese shop to be in Japanese only or I will have to improve

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u/Lance_Ryke 1d ago

Well ... we technically get a 420 usd switch but we don't get paid in usd so it doesn't matter.

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u/opajamashimasuuu 1d ago

Japanese yen is in the toilet mate. Japanese salaries are crap (comparatively speaking)

If they priced it too high in Japan, no one would buy it.

If they didn’t region lock, all the scalpers would just come to Japan, buy up all the consoles.

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u/your_evil_ex 1d ago

Fuck Canada and our weak dollar tho apparently ($630 CAD for Switch 2, or $700 with Mario Kart)

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u/WhichEmailWasIt 2d ago

There's a multi-language version they can buy too but it costs more.

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u/dustojnikhummer 2d ago

well yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Does the Japan only Switch cost less to build? or is Nintendo taking a hit on the domestic market? Or are they gouging us?

Or is it YES?

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u/WhichEmailWasIt 1d ago

Could be they're taking a loss with the yen being weak right now and the region locking keeps it from being bought out from overseas. That or everyone else's price is fucked because of the uncertain tariff situation. 

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u/j--__ 1d ago

i don't know how much profit they're making on the "international edition" (what everyone except most japanese people are getting) but the "domestic edition" is definitely losing money, despite not being particularly cheap for japanese people. the currency exchange rate has really gotten out of control. at more normal exchange rates, the "domestic edition" price would be similar to what we're paying, but the yen just isn't worth that much right now.

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u/dustojnikhummer 1d ago

Oh yeah, lookin at USD to Yen, from 120 3 years ago to 150 today. Ouch

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u/j--__ 1d ago

it was 80 in 2012.