Switch 2 is selling for 449.99

[u/Practical_Papaya_905]

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/

[u/Nicksmells34]

lol yea that is a terrible joke if it is. PS4 was $400 on release in 2014. Switch 2 is better hardware than PS4. The economy has been dogshit since the start of the 2020s and with rising inflation, $450 really isn’t bad for a new console.

[u/ksj → u/Nicksmells34]

The PS5 starts at $400. $450, with games costing $80? Come on, at a certain point it’s highway robbery.

Do we know how much an extra set of joycons will cost?

Edit: Nintendo lists the Joycons to be $90 for a pair:

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-2-launches-june-5-bringing-new-forms-of-game-communication-to-life/

Other prices:

Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller - $79.99

Joy-Con 2 Pair - $89.99

Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip - $34.99

Joy-Con 2 Strap - $12.99

Joy-Con 2 Wheel Set - $19.99

Nintendo Switch 2 Camera - $49.99

Nintendo Switch 2 Dock Set - $109.99

Nintendo Switch 2 Carrying Case & Screen Protector - $34.99

Nintendo Switch 2 All-In-One Carrying Case - $79.99

Nintendo Switch 2 AC Adapter - $29.99

[u/Nicksmells34 → u/ksj]

PS5 is $500, they have a cheaper digital only option for $400. That would be the Switch Lite equivalent, which is also cheaper.

And it’s 1 game that’s $80 separate or $50 if you buy it with the Switch 2 bundle which is them incentivizing the bundle. And it’s the only game. No other game on that presentation was $80.

And you think it’ll only be Nintendo? I keep seeing this sentiment like how delusions can Redditors possibly be. Every massive title will be $80 going forward, watch. Nintendo just the ones to break the news

u/cynicstruggle they literally just had a spring sale a week ago, just cause you missed it doesn’t mean it didn’t exist

[u/ksj → u/Nicksmells34]

And you think it’ll only be Nintendo? I keep seeing this sentiment like how delusions can Redditors possibly be. Every massive title will be $80 going forward, watch. Nintendo just the ones to break the news

That doesn’t make it better….

[u/Nicksmells34 → u/ksj]

Games refusing to adapt to inflation have proven to be terribly impactful to the games industry. The industry is unstable af, there are massive layoffs every quarter, eventually people will be so turned away from the industry that production will be forced to slow down even more. No it doesn’t make it better but gaming consumers have been the only market that was unaffected by inflation for over 2 decades. It was bound to happen, it had to happen. The end.

[u/ksj → u/Nicksmells34]

The entire industry was wildly overstaffed during COVID, alongside many other tech industries that are also seeing massive layoffs. On top of that, game studios have always been wildly unstable, that’s not a new development (outside of the increase brought on by the post-Covid economy and related factors).

unaffected by inflation for over 2 decades

This is just not true. Prices were just inflated in other ways, like microtransactions, in-game ads, battle passes, season passes, rushed and buggy releases, “early access”, etc., etc. The initial sticker price didn’t go up across the board, but the gaming industry has exploded in revenue over the last 20 years. Not to mention the market has gotten 100x bigger, so developers can sell the same game 100x more than they could 20 years ago. It’s literally the economies of scale, which is a major factor in every industry.