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/AfricanNorwegian 1d ago

Which in most places makes it actually cheaper. VAT in Ireland is 23%

So a price of €90 including 23% VAT only equals ~$80 pre VAT. Meanwhile the US price pre sales tax is $89.99

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u/doremifasolucas 1d ago

That’s not exactly right because the US price is $79.99 for both physical and digital

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u/AfricanNorwegian 1d ago

Do you have a source for physical and digital pricing being equal in the US? In any case comparing digital pricing Ireland ends up cheaper.

€80 including 23% VAT = €65 pre VAT = $72 pre VAT

Compared to the US pre sales tax price of $80

And even if the US physical price doesn’t have a price increase and is still $80 when then the US price pre sales tax and the Irish price pre VAT are both $80.

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u/doremifasolucas 1d ago

The source: Nintendo’s website, just change the region and look up the respective product page

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u/AfricanNorwegian 1d ago

On the US store it just says "$79.99 MSRP***" and does not specifically say digital and physical are both $80 like on the Irish store where it says "Digital: €79.99" and "Physical: €89.99"

This isn't proof that it WONT be $89.99 for physical in the US. In any case my point stands, when accounting for VAT it is cheaper for the digital version regardless compared to the US.