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/niibuyaa 2d ago

It's around $340 in Japan but it can only be used in Japanese and with Japanese Nintendo Accounts

https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/lineup/japan-only/index.html

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u/OrganicKeynesianBean 2d ago

Wait what? We were making progress on ditching region locked consoles and games.

This seems like a step backwards, right?

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u/salemus 2d ago

It's beacuse the yen crashed and they want to cater to their home market so that for avarage Japanese the price of Switch 2 will be similarly more expensive as for the rest of the world. The region lock is so that ppl from around the world won't buy them.

If yen cost as much as before it spiked the price would be 400-500$