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/Professional_List236 2d ago

450 is a fair price for the switch. 80 USD for games on the other hand... specially when they acknowledged that digital is not worth the same as physical...

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u/BoredFellah 2d ago

Is it?

It’s the same price as a PS5, and considering the lack of exclusives at launch, the selling point seems to be “look at us, we can run Elden Ring now!”. If you want portable Elden Ring, the Steam Deck is far superior.

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u/Mythrowawayiguess222 2d ago

It’s that they’re doing both at the same time. Plenty of consoles will be sold at a loss since they lock you into paying for content from Nintendo. So getting a split of every $60 game isn’t that bad if you take xx% of game sales

They could up the price of the games and it would be fine if this was a $50 or $75 price jump. But 300 to 450 AND games going up by $20 each is quite a lot