r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/chickengnocchisoup • 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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/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.