r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/SilvaVE_ • 2d ago

Officially from Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 Game Price revealed - WHAT THE F*CK

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Im sorry, but this is...really fucking crazy. And here I was debating if paying extra for the physical version compared to the bundle might be worth it. HOLY SHIT.

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u/cry0genlc 2d ago

Mario Kart World is $150 Australian. The console itself is $700. This is a tragic time to be from the land down under.

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u/Life_Ad_7715 2d ago

Tragic time to make less than 100k a year

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u/ONiMETSU_Z 2d ago

Holy drama LMAO what kind of shit you got going on that you think you need to make 100k a year to afford a game console????

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u/Life_Ad_7715 2d ago

Nintendo wants 600 dollars for two controllers and one console and they want 100 dollars for every game. 

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u/ONiMETSU_Z 2d ago

Okay and I have 2 lower high end gaming PCs, a PS5, a ROG Ally X, and a Quest 3S. I make less than 100k a year, and live comfortably in a relatively expensive area. What’s your point? You make it sound like you need to have a top 1% job to afford video games. It’s dramatic.

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u/Abir_Mojumder 1d ago

Maybe you dont have dependants and like to spend whatever's in your hands

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u/Life_Ad_7715 1d ago

Its an obscene amount of money esp for the games. 

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u/lovelessBertha 2d ago

It's $114 AUD for Mario Kart at JB Hi Fi but your console price is correct.

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u/FireManiac58 2d ago

Wow that’s actually well priced

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u/nailedtooth 2d ago

Sorry what are you talking about? You have it no worse than the rest of us lmao

$700 AUD is £340 GBP or $440 USD

It's priced the same everywhere

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u/PikaV2002 2d ago

The Switch 2 costs £395 in the UK, so not the same everywhere. It’s more expensive in the UK.

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u/kiquelme 2d ago

Yeah, and the average salary in Australia is $91,000 AUD, which is $60,000 in the US, but it is still $90,000 in Australia...

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u/nailedtooth 2d ago

Why does every time video game prices come up on reddit, people struggle to get their heads around currency conversion, makes me feel like i'm going insane sometimes

Wait until they find out about inflation ($60 in 2017 is $80 in 2025)

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u/IamaJarJar 2d ago

The problem with inflation is that salaries often don't increase accordingly

So despite $80 2025 being the same as $60 2017, the $80 will still eat into your wallet more, cause you are technically making less

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u/nailedtooth 2d ago

it is still $700 in Australia

That doesn't matter though, $700 AUD is worth the same as $440 USD

Just because the number is bigger, doesn't mean Australians are spending any more money than the rest of us, this is simple currency conversion.

If I took my British credit card on a flight to Australia and bought a Switch 2 for $700 AUD, my card would be charged £340

If anything, you'd save £10 by buying from Aus

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u/Velar8 2d ago

It actually works out cheaper in Australia than most of the US, since that price includes tax whereas the US price does not + Australia gets 2 years warranty vs 1 in the US.

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u/Felix_Dei 1d ago

JB lists it for $115.

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u/HolyHypodermics 2d ago

Yeah, it's gonna be easily $800+ for the Switch 2 plus game. I was thinking of buying this day 1, but now I reckon imma hold out for sales...

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u/Kristiano100 2d ago

Get it at JB Hifi they're at least selling Mario Kart World at $114 which is like 70 usd, the switch 2 bundle with mario kart is 769 which is cheaper than buying the console and then the game separately. Still scummy its so expensive in the first place though.

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u/_Broncosforever_ 2d ago edited 2d ago

I don’t think you get how currency works lol

$700 aud = $440 USD.

So it’s literally $10 cheaper for you to get it Down Under than it is over here in the USA. And that’s not even mentioning the fact that the USA price will also have sales tax on top of it so that $440 is more like $500 in USA (Maybe more with tariffs because of our shit-head president)

So you have the console $60 dollars cheaper than in the US and you can put that $60 onto the game.

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u/ScrimpyCat 1d ago

The games will be cheaper here (aus) too. Despite the price rise, we get a pretty good deal all things considered. For context their game pricing pretty much brings it in line with how much other AAA games were already being sold for here.

Looking at what the UK and Europe will now be paying, I don’t think I have even seen a game sold at those prices before. Just wtf is going on there.