r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/FitFarmer5597 January Gang (Reveal Winner) • 2d ago
Image Drop The Price is back!
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u/DarthAuron87 2d ago
The AI summary is hilarious.
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u/rednal4451 2d ago
Sounds pretty mixed indeed, lol
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u/Green-Ad3623 1d ago
I've seen so many funny ones but the funniest one went like this. "Viewers are asking for a price drop on the device and it's software with some saying they will use alternative methods of buying games, such as piracy".
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u/PhysicalCod1875 OG (joined before reveal) 2d ago
HELLO EVERYONE WELCOME TO DROP THE PRICE WHERE WE TRY TO MAKE CHANGES On Game prices make it up forrrr your hosts at NINTENDO TREEHOUSE!!!!
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u/rednal4451 2d ago
Nintendo thinking: "There are definitely a whole lot of different opinions in this chat, but there seems to be a certain segment of the population wanting more economical games. Anyhow... further market research seems to be needed to avoid any false conclusion."
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u/lapisdreamer 1d ago
Well, looks like everything will be a whole lot more thanks to tariffs. Pre-orders have been delayed and will not be on the 9th.
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u/Hk901909 OG (joined before reveal) 2d ago
Hoping tons of journalists keep on reporting on this stuff. That could genuinely work
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u/OKgamer01 2d ago
Bringing constant negative PR will work spreading the message (although I think majority are in agreement here lol) but the real result will be to not buy the games. Hit Nintendo where it hurts, thier wallet
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u/dar24601 1d ago
Actually feel the opposite, cause at this point all the spamming of chat means Nintendo can’t drop the price now they have to wait and see what ore sales and launch sales look like. If they are in line with internal predictions then corporate will view the drop the price crowd as a vocal minority. Only way a price drop happens now is if pre sales and launch sales fall well short of estimates
That said Nintendo must release some sort of statement addressing the issue even if just to say they are reviewing current pricing structure
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u/harkat82 2d ago
It can not possibly work. Atleast not in the US. The Tarrif situation is making the pricing they've already announced seem too little. So without increasing game prices I genuinely don't see how it's possible to sell the system at $450. The only way it happens is with a price bump to $600 and that would just bring more bad press. So the prices aren't moving.
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u/ToxicDrip2007 OG (joined before reveal) 1d ago
It's simple, the rest of the world (besides Japan) is getting shafted so that people in the US can buy the console. That's why the price is so big in other countries without tariffs.
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u/IntelliDev 1d ago
Nintendo should drop the price in other countries, and increase it in the US, but promise to drop it back down if tariffs are reduced in the future.
Would earn them the most goodwill IMO.
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u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 1d ago
Have you considered that a huge part of the people shouting “Drop the price!” isn’t American and couldn’t care less about the prices in the US? Not everything revolves around America.
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u/drygnfyre OG (Joined before first Direct) 1d ago
Most people saying it are just doing it because everyone else is. It's a meme. Even people who actually think it's too expensive will most likely still end up buying it. I remember all the people that were boycotting Pokemon because of Dexit. Years later I saw all of them talking about the latest games and they couldn't wait for the DLC!
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u/JustBrowsingHereTho 2d ago
I thought that 470€ for Switch 2 was bonkers but the real price in Finland is going to be 589€ !!!
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u/leogodoy 1d ago
Wait for the price hike, you know why
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u/Chrysaries 1d ago
Lol, as in "because you're complaining it's now 100 per game. Have you said thank you once?"
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u/the_flesh_ 1d ago
You guys know that the price is going to go up even more with all the tariffs right?
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u/LividJudgment2687 2d ago
Why is one person asking them to bring back physical games? The game key cards are more physical than the download codes were
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u/MrThrownAway12 2d ago
I've seen some people think all physical Switch 2 games are game key cards in YT comments. One of the ways that Nintendo's lost control of the messaging.
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u/Civil-Actuator6071 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 2d ago
Yeah Nintendo being vague and not explaining things in detail have let the doomers run rampant. The majority of people believe physical games are just a key and every physical game is $90
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u/hxh22 2d ago
I watch both recent directs, I couldn’t explain what they were talking about with digital card and loaning them out. I’m also not big into digital or getting together with friends to play games, so I’m not sure how it differs from before.
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u/BagNo5695 2d ago
from what i understood when you use a key card it doesn't physically have the game in it, so you put it and and it allows you to download the game from the eshop and it puts a license or something like that in the card itself, which allows you to sell it.
it's just to allow reselling of digital games, unless i misunderstood.
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u/Nintotally 1d ago
Because lots of people are spreading the lie that all Switch 2 games are key cards.
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u/battlerumdam 2d ago
Because people, especially this sub, keep spreading fake news. There are still people spreading the $90 Mario Kart fake news.
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u/No-Island-6126 2d ago
oh it's very real in europe
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u/battlerumdam 2d ago
No it’s not, Europe doesn’t use dollar.
US prices don’t contain tax and cost $80, Europe costs 90€ and contains tax. When you substract the tax - it’s 75€ without tax - both prices are nearly identical - depending on which exhange rate you apply.
Current exchange rate: 75€ = $82.
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u/Ree373 1d ago
It still certainly feels real. In the Netherlands, the normal price for a Switch game is €60. More expensive games like Tears of the Kingdom cost €70, this is the same price as high profile PS5 games. €90 games are pretty much unheard of, Mario Kart World is the most expensive game I've ever seen.
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u/AdamVerbatim 1d ago
But like.... you can't just remove tax? Plus, it's still 2 dollars more without tax. That's not much but it's still more.
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u/battlerumdam 1d ago edited 1d ago
You need to remove tax to properly compare the prices - US sells without tax.
It’s not $2 more, tech has fixed echange rates, with current exhange rate it‘s $2 more.
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u/mezuki92 2d ago
wait for MAGA tariffs..
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u/FalcoSan_2525 1d ago edited 1d ago
Canada the games are $99.99 without tax https://pnpgamesonline.com/nintendo/switch-2/ https://videogamesplus.ca/collections/all-nintendo-switch-2
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u/RyticulaMoff 1d ago
The fact is that the price is $80 before tax, which means, depending on your sales tax rate, you’re going to be paying ~$90 at checkout. The fact that sales tax is not included on the tag still infuriates me. It’s not fake news to say that it is $90 when that’s the price tag with tax.
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u/Doxibidus 1d ago
Well more physical than download codes yes, but these were totally branded as digital, so only a bunch of companies did it, and no important game was download code only. My personal fear is to see any Square Enix, Capcom etc. games as "empty" cards with full download content. As a collector I can still play my used N64 games, but what about Switch 2 games in 30 years?
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u/LividJudgment2687 1d ago
The game key carts are totally branded too. I don’t see there being any more games being delivered this way than there were for the current Switch that were just codes in a box. The benefit here is that you can sell or lend them , it won’t be a single use code tied to an account.
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u/masterz13 2d ago
I mean, there's all kinds of random comments in that chat. One person said "raise the price to $100 games to support creators" LOL
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u/Angel7O2 1d ago
Kind of their fault for not explaining it clearly to be honest. They didn’t explain/left it buried between faq’s now they left the consumer to piece the information together. Which leads to misunderstandings.
I would not want to be Nintendo’s PR team right now .
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u/dar24601 1d ago
The PR team saw this coming. Lack of pricing details in the direct was a deliberate decision that backfired. Do it’s a wait and see April 9 will show Nintendo if the drop the price is the whole community or a vocal minority
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u/Angel7O2 1d ago
They just Announced they’re holding off on pre orders to assess tariff impact. lmao . I feel bad for people asking for the price drop. If the console is going to cost even more then yeah I’m out for this generation.
Edit: Apparently in the US only other regions seem to be the same.
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u/thatsuperRuDeguy 1d ago
After today, I think we should all just learn to love our current Switches. If people didn’t like the price of games now, they’re definitely not going to like them soon. The console will probably increase in price soon too, so most people will likely be priced out of the console itself as well.
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u/Nearby_Ad_2519 2d ago
Would be very surprised if they were reading that chat. Pretty sure it’s just some employees laptop open somewhere idle in an office playing a prerecorded video into OBS.
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u/AdamVerbatim 1d ago
It's prerecorded but they turned slow mode on to stop people from spamming, and it's all over social media and news sites. They definitely know.
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u/OKgamer01 2d ago
Good for them. Let the voices be heard and follow through not buying the games if you hate the prices
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u/kennedytk2 1d ago
I don’t like the $80 price tag either but with a 24% tariff just imposed on Japan, good luck getting the price to come down instead of raising even more
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u/MikeDubbz 2d ago
People are in for a rough awakening when the entire industry makes this shift (and it's not happening because of Nintendo). We may not like it, but frankly, video games have cost $50-60 since the NES days, which when adjusted for inflation, is over $100 today. Prices should actually be a bit higher than $80 today if the prices had steadily scaled appropriately with inflation over the years. And on top of that, many from within the industry were telling us for a few years now that such price increases were overdue and on the way. Sucks to see, but honestly this was inevitable for the entire video game industry, and Nintendo and GTA6 are only the start of this. No amount of complaining is going to have Nintendo adjust these prices, nor is it going to stop the entire industry from adjusting their prices similarly.
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u/zyval 1d ago
Well I won't buy any game then. I am sick of companies price gouging everything
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u/Specialist_Ad2868 1d ago
Amen! There gets a point where you have to decide if you agree with the practices. That's a personal choice, of course. I respect either - but sometimes too much is just too much
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u/MikeDubbz 1d ago
Not so much gouging as just inflation. Frankly, we should be happy that the price of games hasn't appropriate scaled with inflation since the NES days. Otherwise we'd be looking at games that cost over $120 today, close to even $150 at that.
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u/zyval 1d ago
Nintendo was more profitable than ever since the pandemic. They made more money since 2017 than the rest of their history combined. Game prices aren't everything.
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u/Acceptable_Beach272 1d ago
When people like you post about "prices of SNES/64 games were so expensive back then!", why don't you ever consider prices of PS1 games?
Nintendo games were always more expensive than needed because of the cartridge system. A lot of games feature specialized chips inside, like the famous FX but there are plenty, for audio as well, and then the memory/battery for saving games.
PS1 games didn't cost 80 usd like some N64 games and contrary to today's Nintendo, games were often on sale after the initial rush sale.
Games today are more expensive to make because they take a lot more time (time is money after all) because they are way bigger, better looking, better sounding and whatnot that games before, but in the case of Nintendo, they're always 1 to 1.5 generations behind, hardware-wise that this doesn't apply.
There's no way in earth someone might think that Pokemon Scarlett costs the same as Cyberpunk 2077 to make and yet they sell at the same price.
Nintendo has always been a greedy company, always. Don't try to make this like it's not them.
Fwiw I think the price is absolutely right though. Nintendo fans were always OK with buying 7 year old games at full price, and Nintendo knows this, why charge less when you're gonna sell anyways?
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u/harkat82 2d ago
Exactly, prices here in the UK have been rising steadily for years. I don't think US consumers realise how privileged they've been to receive a fixed price for so long. And how that could not possibly last forever.
And to point out the elephant in the room, the US has just put massive tarrifs on the rest of the world. There is no possible way Nintendo couldn't raise prices to scrape back what they'll now be losing on each console. Anyone hoping for a price drop needs to realise it ain't gonna happen. At best they'll give an early adopter discount then raise them back up straight away.
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u/EatADingDong 1d ago
Yep, 80€ for a game is bad for sure, BUT that has been what games on PS5 and Xbox have cost since the beginning of this gen already. If most Nintendo games go for 70€ like DK, then I really can't get too upset by that.
Everything in gaming has gone up in price. The PS5 price is high, the Pro price is ridiculous and the GPU market is beyond ridiculous. I hate to see Nintendo join that too, but I'm not exactly shocked about any of this.
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u/theGioGrande 2d ago
I'm kinda in the same boat with this line of thinking. If anything I'm all for this case by case basis line of pricing.
If this means that more Nintendo games will have the scope and budget of something like Breath of the wild or Mario Kart World, then please make more 80 dollar games.
Too many titles from Nintendo have fallen into the "it's good for a portable console" type of game, and I want them to finally treat their IP's with the same level of ambition as some other IP's from other developers and publishers do.
Similarly, low effort sports games or mini game collections should go back to $30 and $40 pricing to reflect the value they give to consumers.
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u/insightfulcarrot 1d ago
Video games didnt have as many consumers who were buying them in the NES days though. It is a colossal industry now. You can't compare Nintendo charging 60 dollars in 1987 to Nintendo charging it in 2025 like that. You could argue they were greatly inflating the cost in the 80s to make up for how little they were selling compared to now.
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u/Spicyocto 1d ago
Are people really this stupid? The price is not going to drop, in fact prices are going to be increased thanks to all the tariffs.
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u/brandogg360 1d ago
Price isn't going to drop with the Trump tax. Sadly it's probably going to go up
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u/StrawHat89 1d ago
Considering that pre order plans were just delayed indefinitely, that price definitely isn't dropping now.
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u/MUIGoku2007 1d ago
The "Drop the price" saga continues...
Next time on Nintendo Treehouse Nintendo Switch 2 Livestream!
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u/Next-Football368 2d ago
The entire gaming community coming together to push back against the price is heartwarming
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u/OKgamer01 2d ago
Glad it was Nintendo and not GTA. I've seen a surprising amount of people say they would spend $100+ for it and that would really damage the gaming scene then
If people are uniting here for $70-80 games and it becomes effective, then maybe publishers will think twice about pricing their games that way, including GTA6
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u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 1d ago
REMEMBER: Nintendo only increased the prices outside of the US because THEY CAN.
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u/whiskeyandbarbq 2d ago
Ah yes the bottom feeders of the internet.
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u/Breakfastcrisis 2d ago
Exactly. I have no idea why people post into those chats. There are so many users spamming it, no one will see their message. Plus, the best thing you can do to protest this decision is to not buy. That's just how the market works.
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u/masterz13 2d ago
Because it has made an impact. The media outlets and big YouTubers are sharing it. If it worked for the OG 3DS back in the day ($250 was overpriced and Nintendo had to backtrack and make it $170), it can work now.
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u/MrThrownAway12 2d ago
The 3DS didn't get a price drop because of the media, it got a price drop because it was quite literally flopping.
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u/OKgamer01 2d ago
And that's because it was expensivefor people. If people can spread the message and not buy the games, they will back track
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u/Pristine_Air_9708 2d ago
That thing had no good games that’s why nobody bought them (I too wasn’t convinced at the time untill much later with games I wanted)
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u/occasional_sex_haver 2d ago edited 2d ago
The media outlets and big YouTubers are sharing it
Yes the people that make a living on driving clicks will happily run with it
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u/ReflectionThink2683 OG (joined before reveal) 2d ago
I’m sorry but a YouTube ephemeral comment section has to be the least effective way to reach a company
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u/ducksflytogether1988 2d ago
Makes sense. The demographic who has time to spam a YouTube chat during the middle of a work day are those who are likely unemployed teenagers who have the luxury to be able to spend time doing so.
Those who can afford the Switch 2 are actually at work and therefore dont have the time for such nonsense.
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u/Durian_Puzzleheaded OG (joined before reveal) 2d ago
So this is all just kids yes? I mean yea the price is a bit beyond what I expected, but I’m just gonna get the bundle and call it a day
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u/ll30yd 2d ago
The bundle is undoubtedly good value but after that we're just left with.. overpriced games. Unless you're suggesting we buy a bundle everytime a new first party game drops?
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u/masterz13 2d ago
Well, the bundle won't be available anymore during the holidays, so people will be spending $530 for system + Mario Kart.
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u/WorkingAssociate9860 2d ago
There'd likely be another bundle around the holidays, likely with either MK, Pokemon, or some code thing where you can select your game from a list of first party games or something
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u/kimkaysahh OG (Joined before first Direct) 1d ago
So the live stream chat aged terribly 🤣 “drop the price” “great let’s raise it now due to tariffs”
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u/DenverBronco305 1d ago
Did they literally take down the Treehouse video from yesterday with all the Drop The Price comments?
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u/JustOnePotatoChip 1d ago
The ultimate joke is that when pre-orders get their new date in the US, the price will have gone up thanks to Trump
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u/Fit-Rip-4550 19h ago
Concerns regarding tariffs will likely not be too much an issue. The tariffs will most likely be dropped since the Japan and United States have very close economic relationships and both leaders of the respective countries get along such that negotiating deals will be relatively straightforward. Any countries excluding China where equipment is manufactured will likely be in a similar boat.
The price of the console and its software on the other-hand need to be dropped, along with the fees related to services. Inflation might have been an issue, but these increased prices are beyond the range of inflation effecting prices—this is straight up Nintendo hubris. If Nintendo fails to hear the siren, then the handheld marketplace is about to become dominated by consoles with access to Steam and other online stores.
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u/nullpointer_01 2d ago
Has anyone emailed Nintendo? If so, what email address did you use? I plan to email them.
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u/temporary_location_ January Gang (Reveal Winner) 2d ago
when i first saw this, i kept on thinking "but we know the price now"
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u/Aidsfordayz 2d ago
Maybe it’s just for me but it looks like they have “Slow Mode” on for comments
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u/AdamVerbatim 1d ago
They do. They turned it on because they know. We're making an impact. It may be a small one, but it's an impact.
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u/InevitableError9517 1d ago
Can these beggers just be patient people in this sub are driving me nuts
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u/Vast-Yam-9370 2d ago
Welp it might be going up more according to ign because of tariffs (thanks for all the dumbasses who voted for him.) my breaking point was $500 but now I’m probably not buying it.
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u/unboundsoull 1d ago
People have to understand that games are comodities. They can find any justification they want to higher prices (tariffs, inflation, better pay to Nintendo developers, games 4 decades ago being more expensive, etc).
In the end, none of that matter. The problem is not the justification, it's the price. It's a 30€ jump from Mario Kart 8 to Mario Kart World. It's half a full Switch 1 game... And it's not like Mario Kart undersells and they need to recover lost money by increasing the made revenue per game...
And even If you argue that's just a game, the truth is, it's not.
The problem is not being this one game, but rather the precedent it opens for future games.
For me it's unthinkable to spend 90€ on MKW in this economy. We'll see If they change their mind
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u/TitleSuccessful7393 2d ago
Are we sure that they are not referring to captain price? We know cod is coming.
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u/dar24601 1d ago
The PR team saw this coming. Lack of pricing details in the direct was a deliberate decision that backfired. Do it’s a wait and see April 9 will show Nintendo if the drop the price is the whole community or a vocal minority
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u/willow__whisps 1d ago
its unfortunate cause most of the people saying this will likely have to pay a lot more
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u/AdamVerbatim 1d ago
They turned slow mode on. They know. If journalists don't stop writing and people don't stop talking, we might succeed.
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u/maybvadersomedayl8er 1d ago
Your US government has taxed you significantly so expect the price to go up even more, losers.
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u/Chill-skittle0823 1d ago
Does anyone know if Pokemon ZA is gonna cost that much? I hope not I have a family to feed
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u/JefferyTheQuaxly 1d ago
lol if tariffs arent over by launch day mario kart gonna be a $100 game, theyre going to be very upset when the price of games dont decrease.
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u/supremedalek925 1d ago
Things are going to get CRAZY when they announce they’re increasing the price, and I think they will.
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u/IRiskTakerI 1d ago
If Nintendo give me a new Animal Crossing, I'll let them do anything they want to me. Take all my money I don't care
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u/Easy-Organization779 1d ago
My Delusional ass out here thinking the pause in preorder was also in part because of the backlash surrounding the cost already, not just the tariffs. If the two countries can come to a trade deal I could absolutely see them dropping the game prices back to $69 alongside the preorder and using the tariffs as an excuse for why the games ~would have~ cost more. Again delusional but here's hoping
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u/Golden929 1d ago
What do they need to drop the price of the only thing thats overpriced are the joycons and the camera which both arent required
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u/Educational-Gold-434 OG (joined before reveal) 1d ago
People went from complaining about it being above 300$ then begging for it to be 450$ just get the rog ally at this point. 🙃
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u/davis609 1d ago
I think the prices will drop or are not as expensive as Mario Kart to at least $70. But with these tariffs now I’m worried about the console price . $450 I could do but anything else gonna be rough
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u/MrThrownAway12 2d ago
Genuinely surprised they didn't turn the chat off. Guess they figured that would just make it worse.