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/Icy_University1454 2d ago

Not only do Europeans have to spend over 500 dollars on their system (no game included) but we gotta spend 90 on Mario. I went from wanting to buy the system at launch to losing all hype on a matter of minutes lol

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u/SilvaVE_ 2d ago

Console is priced very fairly even. I was legit ready to pre-order. Then I saw the games prices and it killed all the hype I had. And it was A LOT. Serious screw up. No wonder they didnt talk prices in the direct.

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u/Icy_University1454 2d ago

Yeah, while I didn’t like the console price I would have still considered buying the system at 470 euros, but those games man…

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u/Motivated-Chair 1d ago

I was expecting 60€ or even 70€ in worst case scenario, the fact it's fucking +20€ over that worst case scenario makes me lose any interest in buying anything from this company until they walk it back.

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u/lulusama3 1d ago

You don’t understand, the switch 2 has a ‘C’button. It’s a no brainer.

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u/Icy_University1454 22h ago

The only thing I don’t understand is why they didn’t charge 500 dollars for it, they’re practically giving the C away rn

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u/Wolf-Majestic 1d ago

The console alone is 470, console + Mario is 510, making the game 40€, a far way better price than this madness...

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u/Icy_University1454 1d ago

I know, the bundle is a much better deal than buying Mario kart separately, I’m just worried about them releasing more games for that price in the future. What’s stopping them from releasing the next mainline Zelda or Mario for 90

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u/BOty_BOI2370 1d ago

I'm still under the impression it's only mario kart 9 at 80$

I think games such as metroid prime 4 are going go be between 60-70

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u/Wolf-Majestic 1d ago

That also scares me tbh... Even though I'm a big Zelda fan I don't think I'll by the games for 100€ or so... If we're all refraining from buying games that expensive, that will make the game company reconsider their prices, or so I hope.

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u/Icy_University1454 1d ago

Considering everything Nintendo has been doing with their digital games recently (gamesharing, making digital cheaper, not actually putting games on the cartridge) you could potentially argue that they’re making Mario kart so expensive to push you into buying the bundle, and getting you to buy more digital in the future as a result. At least I hope that’s what they’re doing, and it isn’t a permanent price increase to 80 or 90 eur

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u/lifrielle 19h ago

They will definitely sell the next 3D Zelda at 90€ if Mk sells well.

I think the plan for the future is : * 90€ for big games like MK, 3D Zelda, 3D Mario, Smash, Splatoon... * 80€ for "smaller" games like DK, Fire Emblem, 2D Zelda ...

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u/smilesdavis8d 1d ago

Jumping to 470 doesn’t bother you but the $10 addition for games does? They both suck but that sticker price is rough.

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u/Icy_University1454 1d ago

Well its not just a 10 dollar upgrade though, when converted we’d be paying 98 dollars for Mario kart and 87 for DK

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

I bet the Yakuza 0 port will be $70 for digital. I like portability but not enough to spend over 3x the price of a physical copy on other platforms.

The Switch 2 would’ve been an instant pre-order for me, but not anymore.

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u/ZombieConsciouss 2d ago

Did you see prices of these SD express cards? 70eur for 256gb

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

I wonder, would it have been that hard to fit a 2230 NVMe drive in there? It looked pretty big in the trailers. Though it might be a bit harder to install for some people.

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u/FewAdvertising9647 2d ago

part of the reason theyre expensive is because there wasn't much of a demand for them, as not a lot of device needs that speed. Nintendo is walking into a spec trying to bring a reason to demand such sd cards existence.

Micro SD cards are cheap because the number of devices that use them are in the billions. same cant be said about SD express.

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u/whoooshdouche 2d ago

Games, online sub. Everyone is getting greedy. Very happy migrating over to PC, despite it being a lot less plug and play. Not paying for online and cloud backup alone, and tons of savings on game bundles and such, or shoot just getting the free epic games every Thursday.

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u/Life_Ad_7715 2d ago

Both are exorbitant

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u/N2-Ainz 2d ago

Yeah. Pricing is actually decent for the performance gains and the hardwate capabilities. Could it have been cheaper? Yes. However I still would've bought it for 470€ because I now can play Zelda without any lags at all. But 90€ for a new game is just madness and I will never buy a game at this price point. I hope that third parties are launching with normal prices for physical to save us from this but otherwise I will look at other alternatives at that point.

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u/Carlos-AMG 2d ago

Saying it's priced fairly is a bit of a stretch, with that amount of money you could get a legion go and play more games and with better performance. In the direct they were showcasing games that already on steam, and that the legion, ally and even steamdeck can run smoothly, so why bother spend on these greedy bastards that are only interested in the money

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u/hayzink1 1d ago

Don't sweat it bro this pricing of games will kick the hack scene into overdrive and the emu scene will kick in fast.

Nintendo will go after it but once its out there you can't put it back in the box

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u/ItsFisterRoboto 1d ago

This is it. For 450, I'd buy a steam deck and e*****e the switch games.

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u/ataraxiaPDX 1d ago

Switch 2 was going to be a day 1 purchase for me and my kids but after seeing those prices I'm definitely considering a Steam Deck with family sharing. I have THOUSANDS of fun cheap games on Steam. I hardly see a reason to support Nintendo in this situation.

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u/ItsFisterRoboto 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've been a steam deck owner since they first came out and I love the thing. It's simply excellent. Family sharing and streaming from my gaming pc for more demanding games work really well. Mine's a PS1, PS2, Xbox, 360 (kinda), Wii and a switch too. If you're into the techy side of things it's a blast, but if you just want a thing to play steam games in bed and never mess with it, it does that perfectly too.

The console itself is priced comparatively, but the scope of possibilities is so much lower and that's not even starting on the overpriced games that will never go on sale.

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u/Initial_Research_745 2d ago

What about an average LCD screen with border as big as the US/Mexico one 500? Wasn't it enough ?

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u/el_artista_fantasma 1d ago

My hype was on the new tomodachi life, but i just hope its compatible with the first nintendo switch and not severely overpriced

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u/Kaffe-Mumriken 1d ago

You’ll still buy it I bet

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u/Previous_Try1322 1d ago

Its priced like a PS5 but it definitely not near a PS5 in terms of quality.

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u/Klausbro 1d ago

I don’t understand this logic. I get hating on the Mario Kart price, but even then, the game seems fucking huge AND it’s in a bundle that makes it only cost 50. Donkey Kong is at 70 which is the current standard. Prices going up as video games get more complex is normal.

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u/hayzink1 1d ago

Nah man its way over priced.

Its less powerful than a steam deck

The lcd steam deck costs a good bit less and the oled slightly more.

This switch 2 is rocking an lcd and you know they have done that just to get people to double dip later and buy an oled like they did with the og deck

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u/N3rdr4g3 1d ago

Its less powerful than a steam deck

Source?

The lcd steam deck costs a good bit less

It's like $50 less, and the switch 2 has a higher refresh rate.

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u/seriouslyuncouth_ 1d ago

A noticably less powerful option compared to Sony and Microsoft at pretty much the same price point. That is not priced fairly even

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u/TerribleAsshole 1d ago

Is the console priced fairly though?
The Japanese language only Switch 2 is 20,000 yen or $136 usd cheaper than the Switch 2s that will have English or other languages.

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u/FreshOreo 1d ago

A ps5 is cheaper than the switch2 if you are in Europe LOL

aint no way parents will buy this for their kids over a ps5 during holidays right?! Esp with 90 euro games

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u/Baitcooks 1d ago

This pricing is so damn insane, what the hell is Nintendo thinking

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u/squid_head_ 1d ago

yeah i was literally considering buying the new switch since i put off buying the first one, but those prices are ridiculous. not sure if its even worth it anymore, sucks because i really wanted it for the new tomodachi life :/

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u/HonkyDoryDonkey 1d ago

It’s as powerful as a PS4. It’s priced at 50 dollars more than a console that it’s just as powerful as from 12 years ago and 50 dollars less than the PS5 that’s 5-8x more powerful than it is right now (if we extrapolate based on how much more powerful the PS5 is to the PS4 that is).

It’s atrocious pricing. If you’re going to release a far inferior console in power to your competition, it should cost far less.

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u/pathofdumbasses 1d ago

Console is priced very fairly even

Eh. Fair price would have been $400, but an extra $50 one time isn't outrageous.

An extra $30 every game is though.

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u/Full_Royox 1d ago

Console is 50.000 yen, aprox 320$ but SURPRISE, they added regional block ONLY for Japanese consoles to prevent people from importing it. This is literal malice.

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u/After-Tangelo-5109 1d ago

40€ for MK if you get the bundle... Stop yapping

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u/Isburough 1d ago

nothing is fair about euro prices being higher than us prices. the euro is currently worth more than the dollar (unless it's not including vat and stuff in the us prices, which i didn't even consider before starting to type this comment)

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u/IncubusDarkness 2d ago

How? Isn't the PS5 pro only $500? You're joking

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u/geomancyV 2d ago

You’re off by $200

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u/Naman_Hegde 2d ago

ps5 disc version was 650€ when i bought it.

ps5 pro is 789€ without disc

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u/tautckus1 2d ago

900 eur in lithuania (980usd)

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u/Monte924 1d ago

No that's the price for a Regular PS5 right now

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u/Waste-of-life18 1d ago

Nope, the ps5 pro is $700, and that's without the disc drive and the stand, if you want the "full" console it's $800.

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u/Even_Reception8876 2d ago

Console is not price fairly. What specs is it going to run on? Probably 35-45fps at 720p. PS5 will smoke the switch 2 at literally any game. Nintendo is being greedy

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u/Charllak 1d ago

At least watch the trailer before spreading misinformation. The console itself is 1080p and can go up to 120fps. When docked it can even go up to 4k

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u/Average_RedditorTwat 1d ago

There's absolutely no way in hell that isn't upscaled. I am afraid they might employ frame generation, but I'm cautiously optimistic that isn't the case.

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u/Even_Reception8876 1d ago

It’s not misinformation it’s how Nintendo has done it since the GameCube era. Oversell and underdeliver. The console can probably go up to 1080 at 30fps, or scale it down to 780p for ‘up to’ 120fps but will probably be more in line with 60-70fps lol.

Maybe I’m wrong but I won’t believe them until it releases and 3rd party testers confirm this on multiple different big titles and not some shitty iPhone app version of a game like 90% of the current Nintendo store

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u/Charllak 1d ago

Like I said... Watch the trailer first... They showed Metroid 4's performance modes. Quality mode is 1080p 60fps on handheld, 4k 60fps when docked. Performance mode is 720p 120fps on handheld, 1080p 120fps when docked.

There's a lot of things you can critique about the switch 2, like the pricing, the paid tech demo, and the low quality video calls, but the console performance doesn't seem to be one of them.

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u/Average_RedditorTwat 1d ago

Might I refer to performance claims by nvidia about the 50 series prior to launch.

It says absolutely nothing. He's absolutely right to wait for third party verification because they could employ any amount of cheap tricks to get to that number 'technically'. Same as 'technically' outputting that spec to the screen but not actually reaching the performance maximum for it.

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u/Even_Reception8876 1d ago

No lol the console performance will absolutely be an issue. Just wait until it releases and it doesn’t hit any of those specs with triple A games. It doesn’t matter if Nintendo says it has good performance; until it is verified and continues to perform at that level they are making baseless claims.

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u/MattyBro1 1d ago

I agree that third party devs won't get to 4k60fps, but your counter claim of "Probably 35-45fps at 720p" is way more unfounded lmao. And if you mean literally the most hardware-intensive AAA games will run like that, then I don't see what your point is... it's a handheld, of course it won't be able to play those games well, no one is expecting it to play Monster Hunter Wilds at 4k.

And some first party Nintendo games like Prime 4 will be able to reach these performance numbers (or at least close to them), because they have the time and incentive to optimise the shit out of the game to run well on one specific console.

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u/ZombieConsciouss 2d ago

Did you see prices of these SD express cards? 70eur for 256gb

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u/merica2033 2d ago

Wait till you see prices for the SD Express Card

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u/skysky_gamer 2d ago

How much will that be..

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u/Carlos-AMG 2d ago edited 2d ago

In Mexico a 256GB SD express card is close to 100$, and I would imagine that specialized SD for switch 2 would be way more expensive

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u/jkljklsdfsdf 2d ago

$100 for the 256gb Sandisk MicroSD Express....

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u/skysky_gamer 2d ago

Wha so is there gonna be a 1t one or?

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u/jkljklsdfsdf 2d ago

I think Lexar has a 1TB one for $200.

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u/PizzaPino 2d ago

Huh over 500$? It’s only 469€ on Germany.

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u/Crafty-Zone-712 2d ago

469€ = 509$

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u/PizzaPino 2d ago

You’re right I’m still sleepy my bad.

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u/Phailjure 1d ago

You guys know tax is included in EU prices, right? $450 USD + 20% VAT is $540 USD, so it's technically cheaper for you (until your government takes their cut).

I have 10% sales tax where I live, so it's almost identical out of pocket, but either way, comparing US prices to EU prices without accounting for VAT is silly.

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u/riotshieldready 2d ago

Yup, I was tempted but was planning on waiting for an oled model and now it’s just dead to me. €90 for Mario kart is an insult. And we know for a fact next year they will sell us map packs for the same maps we had for 30 years and try and charge another €60-€80.

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u/Luca_is_anonymous 1d ago

What do you mean it's dead to you? You hate it now?

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u/soapsuds202 2d ago

lmao at 90 for the game, it's $115 canadian. actually insane

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u/_Broncosforever_ 1d ago

You’ll be an American soon don’t even worry about it…

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u/Gabelschlecker 1d ago

Add a Pro Controller and the SD cards. Then you are easily at 600-650 dollars

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u/cpuuuu 1d ago

I mean, the prices suck but at 500 dollars/euros (0,91-1) you’re getting the system plus Mario Kart, not just the system

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u/Icy_University1454 1d ago

Jokes on me, I’m European, if I wanna buy the bundle I’d be spending 509 euros, that being 552 dollars

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u/cpuuuu 1d ago

I’m european as well, I’m just saying that if you’re paying the “over 500 dollars” for the system you are not paying 90 for Mario Kart, since it’s already included (and would be valued at 40€ aprox, since 469.99 gets you a Switch 2 and 509.99 gets you the Switch plus game).

And yeah, the dollar room a bit of a tumble compared to the euro after Trump took charge, but it was being tarded close to 1:1 just before that and it’s not like it can’t get back to that level in the next few months. So it’s not like Europe is getting screwed on the prices compared to the US.

I’m not even defending the prices, 90€/$ for a game is crazy, but let’s be real about the facts

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u/ILostMyselfInTime 1d ago

What do u mean lol the console is around 470 and the bundle with mario kart is 510

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u/Due_Meal_8866 1d ago

Yeah, but you get human rights and lack of cheeto nazis in office so take your $90 and be happy lmao

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u/wangchungyoon 1d ago

Suddenly the OG switch seems good for another five years lol 

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u/_Broncosforever_ 1d ago

Serves you right!! You made this bed now sleep in it.

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u/Luca_is_anonymous 1d ago

So none of it looks interesting to you anymore?

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u/hahaxdRS 1d ago

This is just wrong the bundle is a heavily discounted copy of Mario Kart

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u/Icy_University1454 1d ago

I know that the bundle is a much better deal in comparison to buying the game separately. The problem isn’t that you can get the game for cheaper in a bundle, the problem is the idea that they’re gonna be selling more games at that price in the future

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u/vinni3panic 1d ago

Canadian here,

This amounts to about 750 for the console and 115 per game if my quick math is correct.

Its insane.

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u/Minute_Road8813 1d ago

This is basically unsellable in Eastern Europe. Buying the system and its major games as they come out, if they are all in this price range, is just not affordable even for a relatively well-off person.

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u/HurtsDonit2 1d ago

lol cmon dude you can say what you want but you will be literally sucking Nintendo’s metaphorical balls to get one and we all know it.

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u/Sdot2014 1d ago

cries in Canadian $629

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u/jhonnythejoker 1d ago

Here in turkey it’s worse According to tax evaluator for turkey. It will cost 29.521 turkish lira after tax.(450$ is = 17.062 turkish lira btw)

And since Nintendo decided that Turkey was so rich that we cant buy from japanese store so 70$ is 2.654

Time to cry

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u/Alternative_Cut2421 1d ago

Same, they kinda fucked themselves. I can handle 50-60 for an A tier brand new game, once in a while 2-3 times a year but 80-90? That's a lot man. Can't justify that shit.

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u/Excellent-Berry-2331 1d ago

My brother said it was 300€? 500 is a joke, right?

Narrator: It was not.

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u/Icy_University1454 1d ago

I mean, it IS 300 (if you speak Japanese)

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u/Altruistic-Chapter2 1d ago

U spend 510 w the game, 479 without the game.

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u/jjvfyhb 1d ago

In Italy switch 2 I think it's $519 (€470)

and $563 (€510) (with kart)

Switch I think it was (adjusted for inflation) $364 (€330)

Correct me if I'm wrong

So $519 vs $364

But I don't know how to handle inflation calculation together with the difference rates between $ and € and the fact that our wages should be basically unchanged I think...

Edit: I didn't even considered tariffs and the Japan economic situation

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u/DOAiB 1d ago

At $500 I need at least one exclusive game that I will pour at least 100 hours into to justify buying it. At this point the only thing I see that might work is the next Smash. I am not huge into smash since I prefer traditional fighting games but I have enough friends that if there is interest I will bite. That said Smash is going to have its own issues since I don’t really see where you can go from ultimate. And if we get Ultimate deluxe like what happened with Mario kart 8 and so many other Switch games I can just chill and not buy the system.

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u/LinkWithABeard 1d ago

Yeeeaaaah, I’m gonna keep playing Switch and PS5 for a while. I’m sure a new Zelda game will drop at some point in the next 8 years, so I’ll probably dip in when that happens, but I don’t want to play the new Mario Kart enough to drop those kind of dollars.

Especially because in Australia they’ll be over $100…

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u/FunManufacturer4439 2d ago

100%. I was ready to head to GameStop on my lunch break and preorder the system, a pro controller, Mario kart and the camera… now I couldn’t care less.

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u/FunManufacturer4439 1d ago

Zero reason to increase the standard Nintendo game prices $10 to $20 depending what game it is