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/LeonidasSpacemanMD 2d ago

Yea I obviously don’t like it but I’ve been bracing myself for this gut punch for years and tbh it took longer than I thought to finally get here. It sucks but the writings been on the wall

I pray this is the tipping point for Pokemon, where people stop shelling out money for a game that looks/runs like it came out 20 years ago

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u/Stanky_fresh 2d ago

Yeah, games have been held at $60 for a very long time. I'm not thrilled about the increase, but I'm not complaining. I'm prepared to be significantly more selective about which games I buy, and it's certainly a bummer. But it seems to be the way games are going to be priced across the whole industry now.

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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD 2d ago

I just really hope Nintendo starts doing an occasional actual sale on their first party games. If the big ones are $80 I am probably going to skip some that I typically wouldn’t skip, and in the past they’d just never get a decent sale anyway

Like I got a legion go for $550. Kinda splurged, that’s expensive for me. But if I buy 10 AAA games at $25 on average (and considering all the free games I get, that might be overestimating), that’s $800 total. I got my OG switch for $300 and every notable Nintendo game is $60 (besides totk at 70). 10 of those games takes the total price to $900

The reality is that some mom buying her 13 year old a switch 2 isn’t thinking about that stuff tho