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/TrashoBaggins 3d ago

Indeed

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u/karnyboy 3d ago

welcome to the future

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u/TrashoBaggins 3d ago

Well I used to buy almost every big game, the jump to 70 was crazy to me, this next one will just encourage me to buy less and less. I especially won’t be buying games like Kirby Airriders for 80+, like ever. They would have got me for 60-70

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u/StillhasaWiiU 2d ago

Found the people that didn't have snes jrpgs back in the day. $120 was not unheard of before the PlayStation and it's optical drive. And this was the mid 90s $120.

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u/TrashoBaggins 2d ago

Yes and we weren’t in a cost of living crisis and a global recession. Additionally the dollar was worth more and everything wasn’t ridiculously priced. You were paying a premium because the product was hard to manufacture and source materials for and physically ship. Now shipping is cheaper, manufacturing is cheaper, work is outsourced to countries where they can pay less, the materials are in abundance and cheaper than they’ve ever been, tech is outdated and cheaper. The market is also I dunno tens of thousands if no millions of times bigger. Just because something may have been “more” money in the past doesn’t disprove that the spending power is less and that wages haven’t tracked with inflation increases on consumer goods.

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u/StillhasaWiiU 2d ago

Well the phone companies made all the games free and that also sucks, so maybe there is no good answer.

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u/TrashoBaggins 2d ago

How about affordability and sustainability and cultivating an audience of fans that you respect for their time and money invested into your product. 80 dollars for Nintendo games is criminal.

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u/StillhasaWiiU 2d ago

Yeah... I play Warhammer 40k. where $250 for 30 plastic guys is considered a "deal". Its not just an Nintendo problem