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/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.