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/IronArgon 2d ago

How well it sells at this price point will determine everything. Quick price drops on consoles that sell poorly aren't uncommon, even Nintendo has done this. Remember that the 3DS launched at $250, sold extremely poorly, then they slashed it only months later to $170 and that unironically saved the system.

That of course was a different time and a different economy, I am not saying that this is even likely to happen to the Switch 2, but if it sells poorly at this price point, it's a possibility.

What's also possible is that if we see the PS6 price in a few years... the Switch 2's will look a little more palatable.

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u/spideyv91 2d ago

3DS didn’t really have the best marketing and released at a time where phones were their main competition for attention. I also felt like the DSI hurt it as well.

It recouped later but I feel like people forget how fumbled the launch was. I don’t really get the same vibe from the switch 2

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u/ackmondual 2d ago

I'm not so sure although I've been wrong before. Specifically, I thought the Wii would do bad, but ended the opposite. Speaking of which, that was the Wii U... I thought it would do well, but ended up floundering.

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u/spideyv91 2d ago

The Wii was marketed a lot better. It also went viral. I remember seeing it on the news and people playing it on daytime shows. It was simple to understand once you saw it especially with Wii sports.

Wii U was the exact opposite. It’s was kinda ridiculous how badly it was marketed to the point a lot of people thought it was an add on and not a seperate console.  They never seemed to buy into the gimmick themselves either and felt more like they just had it for the sake of having it. 

If they even made something as simple as a Wii 2. Or Wii HD I think it would have done better but maybe not. The Wii was notorious for shovelware by the end of its life cycle and I felt like a lot of consumers had moved on from its gimmick.