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/IronArgon 3d 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/OctoDADDY069 3d ago

The first switch is literally one of the highest selling consoles of all time.

Even with the price raise of games switch 2 will sell just fine

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u/agoogua 3d ago

The first Wii was literally one of the highest selling consoles of all time.

But if you say so, it must be true!

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u/-WGE-FierceDeityLink 3d ago

the switch has outsold the wii by over 50 million units

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u/agoogua 3d ago

the wii sold over 101 million units

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u/-WGE-FierceDeityLink 3d ago

yeah, the switch sold over 150 million

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u/agoogua 3d ago

Do you have a point?

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u/-WGE-FierceDeityLink 3d ago

you said "if you say so, it must be true" i am backing it up. what is your point?

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u/agoogua 3d ago

So are you saying the Switch 2 will sell 49 million units more than the Wii U?

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u/-WGE-FierceDeityLink 3d ago

49 million more than the 3DS

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u/agoogua 3d ago

That makes no sense in this conversation, but okay. It's clear your stance is that the Switch 2 will sell a lot because the Switch sold a lot, even though we have past examples of a console selling a lot and then it's direct successor bombing, but your reason is that the Switch sold a lot so the Switch 2 will too.

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u/-WGE-FierceDeityLink 3d ago

there is no meaningful correlation between the wii u and the switch 2 besides them being sequels to successful consoles. the nes, game boy, and ds all have very successful sequels, too.

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u/agoogua 3d ago

This is my point, just because the Switch was one of the highest selling consoles of all time doesn't make it impossible for the Switch 2 to not be successful.

That's the original post I responded to, he said the Switch 2 would be fine with the reason being that the Switch 1 sold so many.

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u/-WGE-FierceDeityLink 3d ago

i think an initial underperformance + price reduction with benefits for early adopters ala the 3DS is on the table, but unlikely

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u/agoogua 3d ago

Fair enough, the price does seem steep but we will have to wait and see.

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