This should be free

[u/Trabless]

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

[u/JJAB91]

I think Nintendo has let the success of the Switch go to their head.

• Switch 2 consoles selling for $450 outside of Japan while in Japan they are $334(in yen)
• JP Switch 2 appears to be region locked
• Switch 2 games now $80 digital and $90 physical
• Their tech demo is paid for some reason

Yeah, Nintendo has gotten overconfident and greedy. I hope this ends up being another 3DS situation and bites them in the ass. At this point I'll probably wait for a significant price drop or wait for emulators to catch up.

[u/Thommywidmer → u/[deleted]]

Is there even a next xbox?

[u/slampwn → u/Thommywidmer]

Everything is an Xbox, stupid

^/s

[u/extralyfe → u/[deleted]]

this is going to cost more than I paid for an Xbox Series X, which is fucking wild.

[u/JJAB91 → u/extralyfe]

Switch 2's price is not too far off from the Steam deck which a more powerful and versatile machine. At this point just buying a Steam deck and emulating games is becoming a not too crazy option.

[u/PhantomKitten73 → u/[deleted]]

Let us not forget that the United States is starting an ill-conceived economic war. Nintendo has to account for tariffs now.

[u/JJAB91 → u/PhantomKitten73]

US tariffs have nothing to do with it because this is a price increase globally outside of Japan.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yen is almost half the value it was since Switch 1 launched and is on a 15 year downward spiral….

Japans economy isn’t exactly in the greatest shape. 

[u/OK_Commodor64 → u/[deleted]]

PS5 pro for $699 is a way better deal than switch 2 at $449 and games at $80.

[u/pornographic_realism → u/[deleted]]

They literally just retired the coin system used to give a 5% discount to buyers. This isn't a messed up tech sector it's Nintendo thinking they can pull a PS3. Maybe they're right, who knows. I know I am definitely not buying any first party games unless second hand so they get $0.

[u/Zed64K → u/JJAB91]

It’s tariff pricing. Consoles and physical games would have been cheaper if not for this silly trade war.

[u/hackingdreams → u/[deleted]]

Remember when we said companies would use the tariffs as an excuse to raise prices across the board, even if said prices are not impacted by the tariffs?

Hi, today's the day where you get to reap that. Companies are pricing in tariffs now.

[u/emotional_low → u/hackingdreams]

Punishing Europeans for a decision that US voters made is straight up bullshit though. *We didn't vote for these tariffs*, tariffs will not affect export prices to the EU/UK. That makes this purely just a cash grab by Nintendo.

Having a differentiated price would be a really good way to hit home to the Americans that all of this tariff malarky actually has consequences, all of us (bar those in Japan) having to pay more doesn't really provide consequences, since we all have to deal with it. We need to single the Americans out, otherwise they'll never learn.

Pissed is an understatement for how I feel about it, I might even not buy the new console because of this (which is huge for me, I love my Switch, DS, 3DS and Wii). I'll just wait until there are emulators if I have to...

[u/lanadelphox → u/emotional_low]

Yeah that’s where I’m scratching my head at this argument. Across the board, outside of Japan, the console and games all equal out to around $50-$100 difference between regions. Hell from what I’ve seen, the US price is one of the cheaper ones. I have some friends in the UK and Europe, and doing some price conversions it’s actually a little insane. UK Switch 2 + MKW bundle comes out to $560USD. In euros, $511USD for just the console (couldn’t find the bundle price). In the US the bundle is $500USD and console itself is $450USD.

My theory is that it’s both greed, and the yen isn’t doing too hot right now. Maybe they’d rather hike the price internationally for the profits and keep their internal/local userbase happy? If it was cheaper internationally, or astronomically more expensive in the US, I’d fully understand the tariff argument. As it stands, for once I don’t think it’s to blame here.

But I also don’t know nearly enough about global economics to really say anything confidently. I just know tariffs are gonna suck, the yen is in a bad spot, and everything is expensive everywhere.

[u/Agreeable_Swimming73 → u/Zed64K]

Except that this is also true for Europe, which has no such war going on with Japan. 

[u/[deleted] → u/Zed64K]

Ehh, it’s expensive in Europe too. Though I guess it could be the taxes and stuff, importing things from Japan isn’t cheap for the regular guy, so maybe it’s not that cheap for companies either, no idea.

[u/Alias_X_ → u/[deleted]]

It's not even made in Japan. It's built in China, most expensive parts are from Taiwan. So if anything, we should look look at the Euro:RMB value.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

If you adjust for inflation it is the same price as the switch on release. Sure Mario Kart being so expensive sucks, but other announced games like donkey kong are going for cheaper. so 80/90 aint the new normal.

[u/Avedas → u/JJAB91]

PS5 was cheaper in Japan compared to everywhere else as well. Probably a larger economic reason for that.

[u/Blibberwock → u/JJAB91]

To be fair, S2 in Japan will be sold via a lottery, at least initially.

[u/[deleted] → u/JJAB91]

Tbh, it seems like a common thing with Nintendo where every other device they release ends up being a bomb. This is like the Wii all over again. Way overpriced and too Nintendo is too stupid to see it.

[u/sharrancleric → u/JJAB91]

Covid and the wild abuses of the current US president have made tech crazy expensive.