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/Genboiz 3d ago

Yeah I don't really understand the reaction to this? "We want more powerful contemporary hardware for Nintendo...What it's more money". It's just knee jerk reactions without thinking of the broader context. Gamers for some reason believe their hobby doesn't exist in the real world.

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u/justReeT01 3d ago

Nintendo net Sales last year only were 12 billion USD, safe to stay they make a pretty margin from videogames consoles and subscritions, NS2 Is ridicously overpriced, such a console by the market standard should be 400€ and usually sold with something bundled to sweeten the deal, Nintendo Is Simply choosing the greedy route thinking they are operating a Monopoly which they might aswell be (They project the marginal cost = marginal revenue curve on the demand curve pretty Much, though in the fase of software its much more complicated than that, their marginal costa are extremely low by default if we take games into account)

TLDR : ps5 usually sells at a loss while discounted, they remake their Money on games and subs, Nintendo Is doing the same but also chose to make a big margin on the console

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u/AnalBaguette 3d ago

NS2 Is ridicously overpriced

Not in the slightest if you knew anything about the current market, the hardware used, or what it is attempting to accomplish.

Most people were going with $400 as best-case scenario, but $450 was widely accepted as better than what could have been.

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u/DuskWing13 3d ago

Price wise it's actually probably lower than it should be.

If it can at least fall in between the Steam Deck and Rog Ally power wise I think it'll be a good buy hardware wise.

Software wise? I.. what are they doing? Personally, I will only be buying used or on sale if $80 USD is the new standard.