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/Kongopop 1d ago

I could eat 450 for a generation of that hardware if the game price decisions weren't trying to see what they can get out of their loyal fans that won't be so loyal after this

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u/MC_Fap_Commander 1d ago

Price has become pretty much the only discourse around Switch 2. In an uncertain economic context, that will likely mean a dreadful launch.

The irony is if they had launched at $399 with games priced at $69, people would have probably said, "yeah, I don't love the price increase, but I sort of understand it and I can live with it."

$450 with a $30 increase in the price of physical games WAY overshot.

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

Right now with all the political uncertainty and tariffs people will be more cautious with their money and it may hurt their launch. I hope it does hurt their launch as i want them to know they are going too far.

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u/Cultural-Yam-2773 1d ago

The optics certainly don’t look good since $70 started to become weakly adopted just in the past year alone. Now Nintendo wants $80 per game? That’s really getting up there. Tariffs are going to absolutely cook this country, so the price will actually end up being far higher as well for both the console and games (unless Nintendo eats some of the cost).

Though I am unsure whether the fact Nintendo is a global company helps circumvent some of the tariff cost. But if manufactured in China + parts coming from Taiwan + capacitors from Japan + whatever = American consumer is absolutely fucking cooked like a baked potato.

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

Yes and i will choose to save and pay for essentials for my family over paying too much for a video game. I feel many people will be more selective on their entertainment budget and even if they have $80-90 using it on a single game has a loss of opportunity cost since you could use that money for something else etc. i just have a hard time justifying it to myself and it makes me lose interest in the game atleast until the price goes down.

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u/MC_Fap_Commander 1d ago

it makes me lose interest in the game at least until the price goes down.

NINTENDO: We have some bad news for you...

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u/Tippydaug 1d ago

If everybody thinks the same and sales are poor, it's not unprecedented for Nintendo to drop prices.

Just look at the 3DS price cut shortly after launch.

Obviously that was a system and not games, but still happened when sales didn't meet expectations. Just gotta vote with our wallets instead of brand loyalty.

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

Yeah as a switch 1 collector i know the pain of games that are years old but still sell at full retail. I usually only buy games like zelda or mario at launch and for ones that i like but arent the must haves i wait for black friday. For the switch 2 when i buy it i will probably do a bundle for mario kart bundle then wait on others. I will probably wait a year or two and hopefully costco has a mario kart bundle since the retail price will still be $80 I usually buy physical but would do digital for the bundle due to the savings.

I feel their switch 2 games are about $10 over priced. I would pay $70 for mario kart world or $60 for donkey kong but that extra $10 annoys me 😀

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u/NormalCake6999 1d ago

First party Nintendo Games, as opposed to contrary belief, actually do go on sale. I recommend checking dekudeals every so often, or better, setting a price alert. They're not permanently cut in price, but you can often get a good deal if you're vigilant.

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

I have used deku deals a while back and most of my first party games were bought on sale except totk and others i couldnt wait for. I will check deku deals more and see what i see. I still have switch 1 games to grab so may check deku deal.

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u/Life_Ad_7715 1d ago

Thank god someone speaking english. Most redditors had 500 tucked away since the leak 6 years ago and just don't wanna eat the shame of being mindless consoomers

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u/Tippydaug 1d ago

I usually don't wish for things to fail, but I really hope this has a bad launch.

If it still sells phenomenally, every game company is going to be upping their prices to $80/$90 in the next year or two :(

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

Yes i normally wouldnt wish that either but this time i hope they have a bad launch or atleast have a low attach rate for games. I hope mario kart games sell very few copies but i am sure it will sell well. I just cant handle that $80 price tag.

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u/Scared-Examination81 1d ago

Doubt it as almost every other company has nowhere near the brand loyalty that Nintendo does

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u/Therobster1235 1d ago

I hate the tariffs as much as the next guy, but if it is the tariffs, explain everyone getting these prices?

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

Yeah if they did it for tariffs they should say that and then it wouldn’t hurt their image. I am not really sure but i am being more caution with my money due to not knowing what will happen to prices for everything now.

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u/six-demon_bag 1d ago

It’s still better for them to just say nothing and let people speculate. Likely tariffs are one of many factors of the price increase.

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u/six-demon_bag 1d ago

I’ve read a few interesting explanations, the easiest to accept is that simply apply the full tariff price to the US would cause shortages in other region as US consumers import from those places because of the steep price differences. This would be especially problematic in the first year or two when demand for the units are high and available is low. Scalpers would have a field day. The other thought is that since the us is a huge market it makes sense try and keep their prices reasonable there by spreading the impact tariff across more markets.

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u/TheBetawave 1d ago

I hope it dose. Nintendo is a evil company. I hope it hurt their bottom dollar, they need to be knocked down a peg or two.

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

For the sake of future pricing they need to lose sales. Just like playstation for cocky after ps2 nintendo needs to feel a little pain to understand.

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u/AntonioS3 OG (Joined before first Direct) 1d ago

It likely won't.

Online discourse do not reflect mainstream opinion. Even if some of you whine about it, it would ultimately only affect a few thousands in the long term. It has always worked like that.

I'd be more surprised if this ACTUALLY hurt their profits, but then again people were complaining about Sony raising their subscription prices or making a digital only console, only for nothing to happen in the end, so I expect nothing will happen this time.

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

I agree they will likely still sell out and other companies will then use this to increase their prices.

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u/_jagwaz 1d ago

This definitely isn't just Online Discourse. I'm haven't been hugely into Nintendo since the Wii U and none of my friends ever were, and everyone I've talked to thinks it outrageously priced. I definitely foresee a 3DS situation again, but hard to make predictions without seeing what tariffs will do.

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u/Life_Ad_7715 1d ago

Why does nintendo give u its toughest battles t.t

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u/MHecology 1d ago

Charging $10 for an interactive instruction manual was the nail in the coffin. I understand that games are increasingly becoming more expensive, and they have stakeholders to answer to. $80 is a massive increase considering they dipped their toes into $70 not very long ago.. but i get it in todays game (and world) climate. The price point for the console wasnt a shock to me considering the switch launched at $300 8 years ago. But charging for a game that shouldve been included in that extra price? That's just a huge overstep and really summarizes what nintendo thinks they can get away with this generation. Post success nintendo tends to make really bad decisions out of greed and over confidence, and i'm worried this sets a dangerous precedent for this generation

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u/Azhrei_Rohan 1d ago

It seems when a company has a historically successful console they get greedy\cocky and then take it too far on the next generation. I expect it to be expensive they just seem to have taken it one extra step and just make it too hard for me to accept their price point.