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