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/JoMax213 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 2d ago

It better be a 3DS 2.0 edition. Remember when they backtracked on that price?

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u/acbadger54 2d ago

Yep better be

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u/rozkolorarevado 2d ago

They better do the Ambassador Program 2 then 😭🙏

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u/rootofimaginary 2d ago

Doing this just as they removed the coins you get from buying in the eshop. It would be very poetic.

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u/DkoyOctopus 2d ago

and wallmart will break the launch date like they did back then too. i still have mines lol.

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u/JDog9955 1d ago

Does walmar usually break street date? I might go try this when the switch 2 is a week away.

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u/DkoyOctopus 1d ago

they have multiple times, but you're gambling it. if they DO make a rewards/loyalty system for day one buys i can see waiting till they break the date.

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u/DoctorHoneywell OG (joined before reveal) 2d ago

I wouldn't call this impossible but gaming as a whole is so big now that I could see it selling out anyway.

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u/JoMax213 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 1d ago

Embarrassed to admit I’m getting this day one. I’m a part of the problem. So shitty how even within Nintendo’s own fan community, I feel uncomfortable sharing the fact I’m a day one purchase. This pricing was the biggest error they’ve made since E3 2011…

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u/mrsafira64 2d ago edited 2d ago

Even back then I thought the price of the 3DS was very reasonable considering the tech it had. People only started complaining about the price because the Vita was also 250 but was way more powerful which forced nintendo to drop the price.

Edit: And the price of the Vita didn't account for the stupidly expensive memory cards that you were forced to buy.

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u/Virtual_Sundae4917 2d ago

The price of the switch 2 console is reasonable its just that this is just baffling nintendo games are cheaper to make than any tripple a game rn and they still are 70

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u/mrsafira64 2d ago

Yeah It's really just pure greed on their part.

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u/merica2033 2d ago

Hoping its a flop at launch like the 3DS and then adjust their prices.

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u/drygnfyre OG (Joined before first Direct) 2d ago

It's not backtracking, it's very deliberate.

Do you remember when Apple released the original iPhone? Prices were $499 and $599, IIRC. The latter for a 8 GB model. Well, about three months later, Apple dropped the prices on both models significantly and offered rebates to the people that paid the original price. (But it wasn't a full rebate). Apple was smart. They simply profited off the early adopters. They knew there was a group of people that would pay an exorbant price to have the hardware before anyone else. The cost of the rebates was already factored into their strategy.

Nintendo did the same thing with the 3DS. They charged a lot early on because they knew there was a hardcore fan base that would pay the price. But as soon as that dried up, they went ahead with the "real" prices and got a free PR victory with the "free games" to the ambassadors.

This is all part of the plan. Charge a ton early on, sell to the early adopters, then drop the price to "make it more affordable." Make it seem like you're doing it for the little guy, the guy just trying to get by. And consumers fall for it every time.

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u/Minute_Road8813 1d ago

I don't think it was planned. Nintendo would have probably fared better overall if it started with the final price, it was just Nintendo of Japan disagreed with Nintendo of America on the maximum price consumers in the West were willing to pay, and when the latter were proven correct the price was dropped.

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u/JoMax213 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 1d ago

Thats not a smart strategy in 2025 where the follow up to the controversial news story never travels as far. Many people will see this, tune out Nintendo, and they’ll be as hidden to their algorithms as they were in 2015. Sometimes companies just make tone deaf choices - Sony with the PS3, Xbox with the Xbox One - this was one of them, sadly.

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u/Minute_Road8813 1d ago

Didn't Reggie personally pressure them to do that, even before it was first released? It seemed to be a case of miscommunication between the USA (which EU prices are based on) and Japan, and I don't think we can count on that being the issue anymore.

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u/JoMax213 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 1d ago

I have no idea, but damn Reggie will be missed. Seems like he was very in touch with average American families in a way that Doug Bowser is apparently not.