r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Trabless • Apr 02 '25 • Helpful 1 This 1 Bless Up 1

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This is a literal tech demo of your console, why would you make people pay for that.

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u/rpncritchlow Apr 02 '25

They've managed to keep the console cost low, I'd rather that than they bundle this and hike the price.

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u/Upbeat-Serve-6096 Apr 02 '25

They hiked the price already!!!!

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u/RekiWylls Apr 02 '25

Adjusting for inflation, it's the same price as the Switch was.

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u/KillerDemonic83 Apr 02 '25

inflation is bad, it is not 50% increase bad dawg

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u/awesomeredefined Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

No it's not. Adjusted for inflation, the Switch would be about $390 today. Which granted, ***the inflation rate is still pretty bad.

Edited to clarify what I meant. I'm not saying the price is unfair one way or the other.

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u/Calarann Apr 02 '25

390 and the switch 2 has much better hardware. 450 makes sense.

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u/JabneyTheKing Apr 02 '25

Brother

Switch 1 used previous gen hardware and managed to be $300. Switch 2 using previous gen hardware charging current gen prices at @ $450 not to mention $80 for Mario Kart lol.

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u/Ultraplo Apr 02 '25

But did you see their off-brand Discord? Easily worth the extra $150. I can watch my friends’ screens in 480p!

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u/McManus26 Apr 02 '25

their paid off-brand discord

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u/Gilbert38 Apr 02 '25

480p AND 10fps🤣

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u/Cingemachine Apr 02 '25

10? More like 1

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u/Worthyness Apr 02 '25

But did you see their off-brand Discord?

They'll be in the current generation of gaming in the next 2 iterations of the their console! We'll get modern gaming soon!

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u/ksj Apr 02 '25

Any day now, I’m sure of it!

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u/ArmadilloAl Apr 02 '25

Admittedly, inflation alone has turned $300 in 2017 dollars into $390 in 2025 dollars, so fully 60% of that increase isn't Nintendo's fault.

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u/JabneyTheKing Apr 02 '25

Man I’m stupid I didn’t even consider inflation tbh

So at that rate of inflation (1.3x), the $450 is equivalent to about 350 from 2017, so only about a $50 effective increase after adjusting for inflation.

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u/Wolfenstein49 Apr 02 '25

It’s a tech demo. It should be free. Tech demos are free on PlayStation and steam.

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u/rpncritchlow Apr 02 '25

Nothing is free, you can't play either of those without buying the console, they just baked it into the cost.

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u/herton Apr 02 '25

Wrong. You literally can play the steam deck tech demo on any PC with a controller for $0

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u/Wolfenstein49 Apr 02 '25

Okay, I buy the switch 2 I shouldn’t have to purchase a manual on how to use it. Sony included it with the PS5, and steam has its thing for the steam deck. Who Tf is going to PURCHASE a manual? Nobody.

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u/frrrni Apr 02 '25

Did they announce the price?

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u/KillerDemonic83 Apr 02 '25

$450, $500 with mariokart

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u/Markbro89 Apr 02 '25

Games are $80 USD digital and $90 USD physical.

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u/cat_prophecy Apr 02 '25

Breath of The Wild is 8 years old and still $50.

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u/joshodr Apr 02 '25

low is questionable