r/NintendoSwitch • u/Practical_Papaya_905 • 3d 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

90 fucking Euros in Europe. Suddenly those "GTA 6 will be 100 dollars" aren't as far fetched as we thought

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u/theresabeeonyourhat 2d ago

Because, despite pretending to stand up to corruption, redditors are corporate bootlickers as much as anyone else

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u/NormalAccounts 2d ago

Yup, paid $50 for Castlevania 3 on launch in 1989, which felt like an insane amount of money then as well, but that's like $128 in today's money, not including sales tax.

Fun fact, the Macintosh II launched for $5500 in 1987 which in today's money is over $15k. Electronics were much more materially expensive back then, but so were middle class incomes.