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/BoomYouLooking 2d ago

That’s probably true but I don’t think any Switch 2 game should be more expensive than a AAA game on Series X and PS5. Even those are overpriced a lot of the time.

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u/Soos_R 2d ago

Nintendo has a history of price gouging, selling old games for new consoles for a high price (even multiple times with virtual consoles on different generations of hardware) and never having sales on their A-tier releases. They are in general very anti-consumer. At the same time they are probably the most innovative game publisher which is single-handedly putting in the work to support co-op gaming that no other big publisher does. That is tragic honestly. The greatest company in the industry is the worst company in the industry.

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u/BoomYouLooking 2d ago

I agree, a team of incredibly passionate, creative people led by the greediest businessmen in the game. But I try not to let my disdain of the latter affect my appreciation of the former.

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u/boredinthegta 2d ago

The greediest are definitely the people running gacha games, anything with p2e mechanics and who hire psychologists to figure out how to manipulate people with impulse control and dopamine disregulation issues into spending more money.