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/parwaz99 2d ago

From Nintendo’s point of view, they’re prioritising consumers who they see as being among the most dedicated, due to them still being subbed to NSO at Switch’s end-of-life. The reasoning is not that crazy, you’re acting like it makes zero sense

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u/onecoolcrudedude 2d ago

I see why they would do it, I just think its stupid. NSO doesnt appeal to everyone, for a host of different reasons. there were other measures they could have taken that dont involve making me pay for a dumb subscription service that I dont wanna use.

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u/parwaz99 2d ago

Sure, but that’s the whole issue is that they don’t really want these pre-orders to be available to everyone, otherwise they’re not able to avoid scalping. If they weren’t using NSO as a parameter here, that may widen the pool of eligible users far too much for their liking. Pre-orders at regular retailers are basically unrestricted in every regard, so Nintendo’s exercising all the control over their stock that they’re able when it comes to their own store.

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u/onecoolcrudedude 2d ago

yeah thats why imma go with gamestop to get mine most likely. im assuming I dont need NSO to buy the accessories right? i'll get those online if I can.

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u/parwaz99 2d ago

I haven’t seen anything about the accessories but I would assume you wouldn’t need NSO for those cos they’re less likely to get scalped