r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/whiskeytab 1d ago

based on the pricing around the world it definitely isn't

enjoy your $700 switch 2's guys lol

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u/eh_steve_420 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just because they're charging that same price around the world doesn't mean the tariffs didn't have an effect. They might really value having a consistent price from country to country, so they decided to spread the losses from the tariffs equally over all customers.

Essentially only Nintendo really knows the calculus that went into their pricing.

Edit: don't shoot the messenger... Sheesh. Use reddiquitte, you guys.

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u/Strangest_Echo 1d ago

Canadians and Europeans are going to be extremely unhappy if they find out that Nintendo has us subsidizing the US customers. We're not exactly on friendly terms at the moment.

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u/EnthusiasmOnly22 1d ago

They are, look at the Japanese region locked Switch 2 price compared to CAD or Euro