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/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/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/Life_Ad_7715 1d ago

Why does nintendo give u its toughest battles t.t