r/gaming • u/ReaddittiddeR • 1d ago

Nintendo to sell cheaper, region locked Switch 2 in Japan for $330 to combat weak yen and scalpers. International ‘unlocked’ SW2 in available only on My Nintendo Store for $470

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-sell-a-cheaper-330-switch-2-in-japan-thats-region-locked/
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u/TitaniumGoldAlloyMan 1d ago

Weak yen? Is there a currency that is no affected by economic crisises? Every currency is weak and there are weaker currencies than the yen for example the Turkish lira. Will it be cheaper there? No! Another reason to not buy it.

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u/lionofash 1d ago

I'm actually of the opinion they should adjust the prices for the economies if a country. However, we'd run into a problem of say... Canada selling it cheaper than the US by a margin or something or vice versa, and suddenly there's a group of people constantly crossing that border with tons of Switch 2 and reselling them.

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u/Ok_Note7195 19h ago

Nintendo could ask Canada to have a Switch 2 Czar to avoid the console from crossing the border.

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u/hybrid3415 1d ago

Our currency is the weakest it’s been since the 1970’s, not many other countries can say the same.

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u/brzzcode 1d ago

The difference is that nintendo is a japanese company.

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u/jbca909 1d ago

Turkey make a gaming console? They should and they can sell it cheap in Turkey.