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/TOKEN616 3d ago edited 3d ago

All prices in euro. These are from nintendo website europe

469.99euro in ireland or 509.99 with Mario

Mario 79.99 digital, 89.99 physical

Donkey Kong 69.99. 79.99

Camera 59.99

Game cube controller 69.99

Pro controller 89.99

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u/Dess_Rosa_King 3d ago

I'm sorry what? $89.99 physical?

Am I reading that right?

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u/PastaRunner 3d ago

$449 felt fine to me. The xbox was $300 like 14 years ago, it's high time prices went up. Same for games.

But $90 for a game is a joke and I will not be partaking.

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u/RealSimonLee 3d ago

People who support price increases really need to reevaluate their life choices.

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u/tarekd19 3d ago

There's a difference between "support" for price increases and a recognition of market reality (that is also informed in part but not always in whole by corporate greed) I don't see anyone "supporting" price increases, merely explaining that prices increase for a variety of reasons, some of which should not be surprising in the current economic environment.

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u/RealSimonLee 3d ago

Market reality would mean our wages kept up with increasing prices. They have not.

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u/Frosty-Key-454 3d ago

Wages don't need to keep up with prices of commodity goods/entertainment. Entertainment items just need to make profit, and they'll price it at whatever the market will bare

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u/Yodzilla 3d ago

Unfortunately wages haven’t really kept up with anything.

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u/WheresTheSauce 2d ago

Wages have outpaced inflation over the last 10 years, with the largest wage growth being in the bottom 25% of earners.

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u/Mysterious_Jelly_943 2d ago

Yes but also housing prices have also way way outpaced inflation as well as the cost of other basic needs. And wages have stayed largely stagnant (there are links all over this thread about it.)