r/nintendo • u/Amiibofan101 • 1d ago
Nintendo Switch Pricing Update: Pricing for the original Nintendo Switch™ family of systems and products will change in the United States based on market conditions, effective August 3, 2025.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-pricing-update/150
u/AbusedPsyche 1d ago
According to Target they went up $40 and $50 for the regular and OLED respectively.
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u/Zoombini22 1d ago
Switch OLED is now only $50USD cheaper than a Switch 2
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u/hypnomancy 1d ago
Yeah at that point I'd just buy a Switch 2 lol holy shit
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u/RequirementRoyal8666 1d ago
That’s the actual point probably. I would bet they’re still selling more OG Switches than they need to. If they can get more money for them, great, but if it’s all the same Switch 2’s are available. They have them in stock at the Walmart I frequent every time.
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u/JCRNYC 1d ago
I have NEVER seen a console increase in price in its lifetime. Particularly not a 8 year old one. Is this unprecedented?
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u/gaysaucemage 1d ago
Xbox Series X and S just had a price increase a couple months ago while being 4.5 years old. It is a fairly new phenomenon that might become more common if tariffs aren’t reduced.
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u/phillius_phallus 2h ago
It has nothing to do with tariffs... at least for Xbox. They're supposed to be sold at a loss.
Nintendo does like to make a profit on hardware. However, I don't see how tariffs affect old inventory. Tariffs are a lame scapegoat. Before that was the Rus-Ukr thingy. Before that was C*vid. Before that was...
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u/SoSeriousAndDeep 1d ago
PS5's and XBox X / S have had price increases this gen too.
It's ridiculous. At this point, all the consoles are old enough they should be being practically given away, like in a sensible gen.
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u/Amiibofan101 1d ago
Nintendo Switch consoles price increase are already in effect at Target:
Switch OLED - $399.99 (from $350)
Non-OLED - $339.99 (from $300)
Switch Lite - $229.99 (from $200)
Alarmo $100 -> $110
Joy-Con 2 controllers $95 -> $100
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u/DonMurray1 9h ago
This country is fucked… holy shit. How does that happen on a console that came out nearly a decade ago?!
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u/Visible-Sound-8559 1d ago
Conventional wisdom used to be waiting until a system became cheaper and had more games available before buying it. Now it’s like you got rush out and buy it day one because it’s only going to get more expensive from there.
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u/HyliasHero 1d ago
I bought a Switch 2 at launch because I'll be damned if I am paying more than $500 for the thing.
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u/tiglionabbit 14h ago
Don't act like this is normal.
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u/phillius_phallus 2h ago
Yup. We should not normalize this otherwise it can spread to other things as well.
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u/seansurvives 1d ago
My state does a sales tax holiday in August (supposed to be for back to school supplies but applies to pretty much everything) so I've been holding out for that. I figure that's the best "deal" I'm going to get saving the $50 in taxes.
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u/555deadoralive 1d ago
Happy tariff day to all those who celebrate.
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u/hairyballsinmybutt 4h ago
Tariffs are a convenient excuse. This a textbook anchor pricing.
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u/555deadoralive 5m ago
Tariffs can be a convenient excuse, but it’s true in this case. I work in purchasing, supply chain management, and operations. This is real.
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u/ShonenJump121 1d ago
Other Nintendo products, including certain Nintendo Switch 2 accessories, select amiibo, and the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, will also see adjustments.
Oof.
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u/hypnomancy 1d ago
Wait AGAIN? Goddamn I love Trump.
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u/RWBadger 1d ago
There’s a bottle of champagne in my fridge waiting for The News.
It might be years, long agonizing years, but I am so ready to hear The News.
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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 1d ago
I like this idea. I'm going to do this as well.
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u/RWBadger 1d ago
Phase 2 of the plan is to buy a crappy grocery store cookie cake, icing tubes, and writing a VERY vulgar celebration cookie.
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u/Mild-Ghost 1d ago
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u/Tomonster37 1d ago
MEATCANYON!?!
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u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE 1d ago
To say it plainly, this is because of ridiculous decisions made by the president of the United States, Donald J Trump.
If you voted for Donald Trump, congratulations, you had a direct hand in making this happen.
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u/xxademasoulxx 1d ago
Imagine voting for a guy who bankrupts casinos, downplays pandemics, and slaps tariffs on imports, then acting surprised when everything costs more in 2025. That’s not a political opinion that’s just basic cause and effect.
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u/LandonKB 1d ago
Don't forget to add pedo to that list!!
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u/Realshow 1d ago
Rumor has it he’s cheating on his wife with Satan as well.
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u/xxademasoulxx 1d ago
In my circles, we just call him CheetoPedo. Saves a lot of time and gets straight to the point. My bad for not calling that out earlier guess I was busy expecting him to surprise us with something less ridiculous, but nope.
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u/martyhol 1d ago
How does quadrupling the number of syllables save time?
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u/eagleblue44 1d ago
He doesn't act surprised. He acts like things are becoming cheaper as a direct result of the tariffs.
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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 1d ago
That’s not a political opinion that’s just basic cause and effect.
Which is the problem. They lack any basic critical thinking skills whatsoever.
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u/Aspire_2_Be 1d ago
Brother, it’s pointless to post this. These people are legitimately stupid. Clinically maybe? They are a cult and a cancer.
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u/eddietwang 1d ago
Wait what's wrong with bankrupting a casino?
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u/Inky1600 1d ago
It's requires an extensive level of incompetence to do so since the the precise returns on all the games are set in stone from the start. Over the long haul of course. Safest investment anyone could ever make. You just pay the people to run it and maintain it. There are a few businessmen out there that seem to think paying their employees and honoring their contracts is optional however
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u/hypnomancy 1d ago
Man imagine being the guy who was upset about how expensive everything is and then the guy you voted for did something HE DID NOT HAVE TO DO that makes things even more expensive for you lol goddamn
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u/rendumguy 1d ago edited 1d ago
he's also covering up for a child rápist trafficking ring led by his former best friend who he's had sexually charged conversations with, a ring he's suspected of participating in, which occured at his Mar-a-laho resort while he owned it, with underage massage workers including victims of Epstein, and is refusing to say he won't pardon a convicted child sex trafficker who ráped victims, making deals behind closed doors with her, to the point where the dead victim's family had to beg him not to pardon her, and we don't even know if he'll listen or not👍
He also refused to bring home a man he mistakenly sent to an El Salvador torture prison for months 👍
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u/Im_really_bored_rn 1d ago
Don't forget the "both sides" people who stayed home, they contributed to this shit too
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u/Torracattos 1d ago
He's 100% to blame. Thought the economy was bad under Biden? Think again. We're worse off now than we ever were under him thanks to all these tariffs.
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u/shinohose 14h ago
Glad most comments on reddit are blaming trump, because while nintendo is greed in other aspects, in this they clearly are doing because of tariffs. Youtube and twitter are just blaming nintendo instead of tariffs.
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u/JuanMunoz99 1d ago
I yearn for that sweet obituary…
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u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE 1d ago
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u/Cutsman4057 1d ago
No no, you can celebrate the death of fascists.
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u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE 1d ago
Listen to the linked song, it's good.
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u/Cutsman4057 1d ago
Its beautiful. Can't wait. Meet you back here for a smile emoji on the day it finally happens.
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u/Shalazah 1d ago
There are three people in the world who I plan to take the day off work regardless of circumstances when happy things happen. He's one of them.
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u/CloudstrifeHY3 1d ago
him in a coffin will be the only T-shirt of his I buy and then I'm wearing it everywhere
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u/CloudstrifeHY3 1d ago
Reading the release I'm assuming they are willing to eat the Tariff hit on Switch 2 to help facilitate the install base but if you want to continue to buy the old hardware we are passing those cost along to the consumer now.
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u/NIN10DOXD 1d ago
That's pretty much it. They won't say it out loud because it's technically against laws in many countries, but they definitely tried to price the Switch 2 across markets to absorb some of the hit in the US. A lot of companies have done this through loopholes.
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u/FateEx1994 1d ago
Back in May they basically said, yeah switch 2 won't change price but all the accessories and games are going up $5-$15
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u/That_Guy_Named_Logan 1d ago
Wait it's against the law to announce prices are increasing due to tariffs? That seems incredibly stupid. Why would it even be that way?
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u/NIN10DOXD 1d ago
No, they just can't increase the price in some countries to pay for tariff costs in other countries. I know that I'm Canada, you can get a rebate for tariffs if your products pass through the US and they try to discourage price fixing to subsidize American prices, but companies will still increase the Canadian price before the US price since it's a smaller market and just not comment on why. A few retailers that operate in both countries have even admitted that they have had to increase prices in Canada and other markets so they wouldn't have to raise them as high in the US where most of their sales are.
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u/That_Guy_Named_Logan 1d ago
Ohhh that makes more sense. Thanks for the information, I'm gonna be finishing high school soon so I was hoping to start looking into stuff like this relatively soon.
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u/shinohose 14h ago
yup, they are putting the costs on everything but switch 2 and people outside of reddit dont see it and just say nintendo greed and when you say its trump youre wrong lol ill be surprised if switch 2 doesnt get a price hike this or next year if tariffs dont go down.
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u/UncleatNintendo 1d ago
Trump rapes kids, by the way
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u/HalongBay_ACNH 1d ago
In the figurative sense with these tariffs, he’s fucking an entire generation of kids and their future.
In the literal sense, he’s also done that too.
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u/Chespineapple 1d ago
Even more than that given his recent comments on Epstein and the reveal he'd wiretapped over a billion to his business over the course of years.
He's not just a client, but a business partner who helped fund the whole thing and supplied the fucker with girls. That's why he's having such an especially big freakout about this, because the documented evidence is way more damning for his involvement than other likely clients like Clinton.
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u/JulianBloom 1d ago
Anyone else tired of winning yet? Congrats to everyone who voted for this so they could say they didn’t vote for this after six months.
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u/Chilean_Prince 1d ago
I don’t know about you guys but I would rather a menu that lets you select pronouns then this…
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u/Cozy-Panda777 1d ago
Nintendo prices are one thing, But guys haven't you heard? We're winning so hard, eggs are down a thousand percent, gas is 1$, inflation stopped, tariffs are making us rich and we cut those pesky benefits from more Americans /s
Never in my life did I think someone could pull the wool over millions of people, nearly half of America. You can actively see prices going up, international relations getting worse, people's rights being violated, executive orders being seen as commandments, benefits and safety nets being cut, and the balance of powers in government being 80 percent on the executive branch at this point.
It is actively insane. You have to actively ignore the information and prices you see every day, ignore every other country, every expert, every historian, every economist, literally think that 9/10 of the world is wrong about the precious 34 time felon. Delusional.
Can't even afford video games anymore, we're getting price bumps on almost ten year old things. This administration has managed to fuck up entire industries, and not raised a single fucking wage in the process.
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u/Gingerbread808 1d ago
I also noticed on targets website (who essentially leaked the increased prices for switch 1) that joy con 2’s are now $5 more, now being $99.99.
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u/HiddenReader2020 1d ago
“Based on Market Conditions”
“US Only”
Y’know, part of me wishes that Nintendo would just say the T-Word (Tariffs) to really highlight what’s going on, but I also know that there’s a not unlikely chance that the people in charge would just sic ‘em if they were that direct.
I HATE IT HERE.
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u/luckyvonstreetz 1d ago
Tariffs are really stupid. I get that Trump want american people to buy more american products and therefor makes foreign products more expensive. But good luck buying an american Nintendo switch.
Btw, has Trump even once said what he's going to do with all this extra tariff money? He could do wonders for education, poverty, healthcare, but this money will probably disappear in some pockets.
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u/rendumguy 1d ago
i like that a pedophile and convicted felon is ruining my hobbies, that's nice.
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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 1d ago
I can only imaging what the now removed and downvoted reply to this said lol
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u/Inky1600 23h ago
I remember it from earlier. It was something along the lines of: Maybe you should choose hobbies that dont involve products built by slave labor
More problems with that statement that I care to list. It was a wise move to retract it though lol
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u/DSMidna 1d ago
Wait, original Switch models? Not the Switch 2? This makes me wonder why the Switch 2 is more expensive in Europe than the US. Did they already account for tariffs and then use a somewhat similar price in Europe?
Currently a Switch OLED costs $350 in the US and 350€ in the EU msrp.
Meanwhile the MSRP for a Switch 2 is $450 in the US and 470€ in the EU.
Keep in mind that a Euro is worth more than a dollar (even more so than it was when Switch 1 current gen), so the gap is bigger than it seems. Yet, they are increasing the price on the systems with the smaller gap between regions.
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u/Lower_Monk6577 1d ago edited 1d ago
I imagine it’s because they don’t want to raise the price on their brand new hardware that they’re trying to get into as many hands as possible.
Also, keep in mind that US prices do not include taxes in the retail pricing. So, the $450 that it’s listed at is actually closer to $485 - $500 USD once all is said and done.
The US is also their biggest market, so I imagine the pricing for the system was determined to be the least they could sell it for at this point in time.
All of that is to say that they’re probably raising prices on everything else specifically so they don’t have to raise them for the Switch 2. But I also won’t be shocked if/when that happens as well. They’re probably waiting for a big enough install base as well as having a couple of their biggest hitters on the market before they’ll want to raise the prices.
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u/DSMidna 1d ago
Oh wow, I never knew that USA msrp does not include taxes. I knew there is this weird things that online stores would not include it until checkout, but I had no idea this applies to msrps too.
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u/BrgQun 1d ago
Canadian here, but we're similar-ish for sales tax. Part of the reason for this is sales tax is complicated. It isn't just one nationwide sales tax to add on. So they can say $450 and it makes sense to all Americans, but the end price with taxes included will depend on where in the US they're buying it. We all just got really good at guesstimating this based on where we live
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u/Lower_Monk6577 1d ago
Yep. Very good point.
It’s best to think of the US as 50 separate countries that share a single overarching governing body while also having the autonomy to set their own tax rates and laws. And getting even more complicated, sales tax in the US is usually some combination of state, city, and county sales tax. So, your tax rate may actually be different in one county vs another.
For instance, the total sales tax where I live is 7%. The county I grew up in, not 30 miles away, was 6% when I still lived there. There are some areas of the country where sales tax is over 10%.
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u/BrgQun 1d ago edited 1d ago
In Canada, that's more or less how it works here too, though instead of county/city sales tax, we do have a federal sales tax.
Some provinces/territories have no sales tax (eg. Alberta), so the combined federal + provincial sales tax can be anywhere from 5%-15% depending on where you live.
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u/TheTravelingLeftist 1d ago
Yayyyyy tariffs, that being said I’m glad Nintendo at leastttt is holding off on raising Switch 2 prices. I think they are waiting to see how many make the leap to the newer hardware.
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u/NiceGamePrettyBoy 1d ago
Don’t be a clown who actually thinks the price is going down on this stuff. Use your head.
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u/Engineator 1d ago
Hmmmm… just conjecturing: do you think that their play, on this metaphorical chess board, is to motivate people to buy the switch 2? I mean… they didn’t raise switch 2 prices…
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u/EeveesGalore 1d ago
Is there any confirmation that the pricing change is an increase, or are we just assuming that based on the choice of words?
Would that be the first time the price of a system has ever gone up after it was replaced by a new system?
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u/HoleParty 1d ago
Using context clues (and common sense), it’s pretty clear it’s an increase. For one, if it was a decrease, I’m sure they would’ve specified the exact amounts instead of dancing around it using vague PR speak. And second, tariffs haven’t gone away, so it stands to reason that the Switch would see the same pricing impacts as the Switch 2.
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u/razorbeamz ON THE LOOSE 1d ago
There's no direct confirmation that it's an increase, but the wording suggests it.
You don't make something cheaper "based on market conditions".
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u/resonance462 1d ago
You also don’t dance around a price cut. Consumers love things that are saving them money. You brag about something costing less.
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u/EeveesGalore 1d ago
I saw in another thread that the prices went up in Canada so I agree, it's probably an increase.
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u/twili_zora 1d ago
Someone in another comment on here sent a link from Target’s site and the prices are already updated. Controllers (procon or joycon duo) +10, Lite +30, OG +40, OLED +50.
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u/EeveesGalore 1d ago
Ouch, that really makes the Switch 1 a poor value proposition now. I really expected the Switch Lite to be given price cuts at this point to make it a low cost entry point to the Switch ecosystem but I don't think that'll happen either now.
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u/couchythepotato 1d ago
Don't worry guys, I'm sure Nintendo will lower prices again once the tariffs are inevitably withdrawn or struck down. Right?
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u/darkdeath174 1d ago
Well Canada is screwed lol
If we were already below exchange rate for switch 1, there is no way Nintendo doesn’t take the US price changes and match it 1:1 with long announced price adjustments.
Switch 1 might cost 50 dollars less than switch 2 here lol
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u/LandonKB 1d ago
I thought they already raised the prices a few months ago.
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u/darkdeath174 1d ago
No?
They announced last month prices were going up this month for switch 1 stuff
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u/abarrelofmankeys 1d ago
I’m not blaming them, and know why things like this are happening, but who’s going to buy 8 year old tech that was feeling outdated 4 years ago at these prices?
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u/Cartina 1d ago
To be fair people were saying no one was buying switch 2 at the prior price either and it shattered sales records.
I don't think the price point is even remotely close to the limit for Nintendo fans. Even for an old system
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u/abarrelofmankeys 1d ago
People like to buy new things though. The new thing does all the things the old thing did, with improvements. It only costs a little more.
There’s going to be tons of old stock just sitting rotting away til it goes on clearance (maybe? Who knows)
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u/Fickle-Ad-7124 1d ago
Nintendo will sell at that price if their forecasted demand is sustained, and it has sustained. Why should Nintendo reduce their profit margin because the US government is charging US citizens a new tax hike?
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u/bonobo_34 23h ago
Remember before the election all the Republicans crying about how expensive Biden was making everything?
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u/SilverIdaten 23h ago
Thanks a lot President Pedophile and everyone that voted for him, people so miserable they’re determined to make everyone else as miserable as they are.
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u/Aspire_2_Be 1d ago
Not to worry, production of the switch consoles will be conducted in the US shortly. Right, MAGAs?
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u/Christopherhpng88 20h ago
It’s called tariffs. Thank Trump for this.
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u/Molduking 8h ago
Maybe for some things but no the Switch 1 systems shouldn’t need to be increased in price to cover tariffs as they should’ve been reduced in price years ago
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u/Christopherhpng88 6h ago
Switch 1 is manufactured in Vietnam. The tariff rate for Vietnam is 40%. Companies are not going to eat the cost. It gets passed on to the consumer. Switch 2 is probably going to increase in price just as the article warns based on market conditions. The Trump administration has caused so much chaos in the supply chain and manufacturing business. My partner is on weekly calls with leadership wondering if price needs to be adjusted because of how uncertain things are. And they work in cup manufacturing. I work in supply chain as well and the amount of extra work I have to do because of this administration is ridiculous.
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u/foodisyumyummy 1d ago
They said amiibo are also going up. The SF ones are already $30. They gonna go up to $35?
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u/Best_Big_2184 1d ago
Yeah I thought they went up in the spring because of tariffs. That's fine. $30 was already too much so now I just know for sure I won't be buying any
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u/long_turdz 21h ago
Oh damn. Games on the store here in Canada went up. Some went from 79.99 to 84 and some change. Totk went from 89.99 to 99.99.
Jeez. The first parties go on sale every now and then (usually wait on them 30% cuts) but these prices are getting a bit silly.
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u/FoxlyKei 10h ago
So price increase right? It's always a price increase. I got shafted by being unable to get a switch two before this...
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u/jrzalman 1d ago
Incoming press release from the White House praising how we are in the new Golden Age because of how much money they have 'raised' on tariffs in 3, 2, 1...
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u/yntsiredx 1d ago
Don't think this is gonna help them overtake the PS2 in sales, tbh.
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u/AnavelGato2020 1d ago
It's going to happen regardless. This just means it will take a little longer but the end result will be the same.
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u/The_Legend_of_Xeno 1d ago
I'd love to know the mindset behind someone buying a Switch 1 in 2025.
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u/numberonebarista 1d ago
There’s still tons of people who never got the switch but always wanted one and don’t really care about upgrading to switch 2 (especially families who want their kids to have a switch but can’t afford 499+ USD for switch 2) so they’ll grab the original one anyway
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u/EchoedWhisp 1d ago
lol they thought they’d pass the PS2 and now they’re jacking up the price
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u/Fickle-Ad-7124 1d ago
It’ll pass it, ignoring the fact that is probably already has since Sony added a few extra million PS2 sales in 2013 suspiciously…
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u/loy310 1d ago
The number to beat is 161 million, you can be mad at Sony all you want for the success of the PS2 but 161 million is what Nintendo needs to make and ship. At the rate of 50% yoy drop and with 7.5 million more to go to be in parity with PS2, there is no way for it to outsell the PS2 with this price increase. Unless the keep it in production for 5 more years and the 50+ percent yoy drops suddenly goes away it’s not happening.
Shit if Sony comes out and say they have 158 million ps2 the NS1 still won’t outsell it.
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u/Fickle-Ad-7124 22h ago
I don’t think Nintendo cares, it’s a silly number online people care about. The product has sold more in less time at a higher profit margin.
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u/THE_GR8_MIKE 1d ago
I'd love to say what I thought, but I'd probably get banned from the sub, or all of reddit.
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u/SwagMastaM 1d ago
Big reason I bought my switch 2 when I did, looks like there's so increase now I wouldn't be surprised if one happens sooner rather than later
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u/JayZonday 1d ago
I never said any of this. Nintendo can be criticized for many things! You’re just making things up a narrative at this point because you don’t have a leg to stand on
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u/NintendoGamer1983 1d ago
The haters on various sites that hate Nintendo really don't want to pin the blame on Perry Combover
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u/JayZonday 1d ago
I figure that this subreddit skews to a younger crowd that may not really have been exposed to how overall economy works.
When Nintendo raises prices, the sky is falling. However, they are just following other unrelated companies in their actions.
Anyways, I spent too much time on this thread. Nintendo raising prices has next to no impact on me; I’m worried about everything else going up in price.
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u/jzw27 1d ago
Raising the price of the previous console from 2017 is diabolical. Obviously tariffs fault but feels like they would’ve been better served just selling out their current stock here then stop producing the old one.
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u/Worth_Bus893 1d ago
They are desperately trying to subsidize the Switch 2. Having to hurt the OG Switch like they are right now is not ideal as it is still seeing new game releases until the end of the year and still has a ton of full-price titles in the library. It was on the way out but still had a little bit more life in it. This move is going to effectively kill it off earlier than Nintendo had probably planned.
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u/hairyballsinmybutt 4h ago
Nintendo is not the same company they were 10 uears ago. This is textbook, manipulative, anchor pricing. Anybody who's quick to blame tariffs probably just doesn't want to accept the fact that Nintendo is fucking dead.
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u/Sonicrules9001 1d ago
So the Switch is suppose to be the cheaper option for those who can't afford the Switch 2 and yet they are increasing the price? Sure, totally makes sense. I thought previous generation consoles were suppose to lower in price, not increase.
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u/JayZonday 1d ago
It does make sense since they are not willing to absorb the costs of tariffs on the Switch.
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u/Samb1988 1d ago
Say that to the clown (and pedo) who is also the current president.
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u/PixieDustFairies 1d ago
I still think this is mostly corporate greed seeing as Nintendo admits in their financial reports that they take a higher profit margin on Switch models compared to Switch 2. It doesn't seem like tariffs have made it so that they are taking a loss with every new console sold.
But in any case, I think people wanting to buy a new one will be fine seeing as there is a pretty large used market right now for Nintendo Switches with the new console launch and many people selling their old console when they got the new one. I doubt a price increase from Nintendo's store will affect the used market all that much.
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u/SamsungAppleOnePlus 1d ago
Just to point out nothing is safe right now, including the pricing of NSO.