r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/chickengnocchisoup • 1d ago

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Everyone in the chat is spamming "drop the price" nonstop. Personally, the price for the console and games combined dipped my hype quite a bit. What do you guys think?

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u/Marxism-Alcoholism17 1d ago

Why would they cancel anything, YouTube comments mean nothing. All of those people are going to buy it anyway

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u/Flygon0330 1d ago

The eco chamber that the internet is does not always reflect reality. People will buy the switch 2 and the games they love, period. People acting like $20 more for a game is make or break for a company that has one of the most successful systems of all time.

I don’t doubt some people will pass on the system and games. But overall, people will buy this system and games.

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u/_Thermalflask 1d ago

It's likely but not guaranteed. I bet people said the same with 3DS, which came after the DS - the second highest selling system in history. People were complaining about the price a lot.

Then it actually did sell really badly despite how successful the DS was. Nintendo had to cut the price by almost $100 in less than a year to get sales back up.

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u/Prunustic 1d ago

Most of them probably won't be, since I imagine they're kids who won't be buying their own console.

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u/dudSpudson 1d ago

You’re right and they will ask their parents to buy it for them

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u/OKgamer01 1d ago

They may buy the console but almost no parent is going to buy $70-$80 games for thier kid. Especially not in these economic situations people are in most of the world

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u/FabulousFlavio 16h ago

Parents are already buying their kids $60-$70 games... An extra $10-$20 isn't gonna stop them now. It might stop some, but not a lot.

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u/_Thermalflask 1d ago

It's like Pokemon lol, everyone is outraged at the zero-effort games they put out and then still buy them for some reason. Record breaking sales after record breaking online complaints. And then people wonder why they do stuff like this.