Switch Do you Agree with the Switch 2 Price?

[sandogma sandogma]

Same difference then. But used should be way cheaper, especially if it's older.

I wish! But if we take a look at the reseller market, it's usually the opposite yeah? I think the price is more based on how rare/available the game/console is. And usually the older a game/console is, the more rare it becomes. And that also applies to many things outside of games when it comes to reseller market.

 

[DjQuick2008]

How about we roll back prices to 1991? $199 for a console and $20-30 a game?

SF2 Turbo was £45 in 1993

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Ive got a switch OLED and will probably upgrade to this when i get a chance amazon bundling it with mario kart world for £429 im autistic so i dont care about money as such i give a lot of switch games away to kids i will probably do same with the switch 2 despite the high price point. if it helps others enjoy im all for it.

 

[iamthemilkman]

No no no, taraff is one problem,the companies are abusing it.

And Nintendo are taking the p**** as regardless of tarif or not, they choose to give you a license for games and to brick your console if you make mario sad, that has nothing to do with any gov leaders! only the ones at Captin n the games master.


Agreed!

This is true. Nintendo said that the Switch 2 pricing didn't have tariffs baked in. Sony also raised prices pre-tariffs. $80 Mario Kart World is just pure greed. Nintendo said that they think it's worth that and that's why they're charging it. Mario Kart isn't worth $80, however I'm part of the problem since I'm buying it.

 

[sandogma sandogma]

Mario Kart isn't worth $80, however I'm part of the problem since I'm buying it.

How can you say it isn't worth that price and then purchase it for that price? You clearly thought it was worth it otherwise you would have waited for a sale or bought it used.
Now, saying it wasn't worth that price after playing it is another thing, and I would accept your opinion because you would have played it. But you are saying at this moment its not worth $80, despite having not even played it, and yet you bought it anyway. I just seems odd to me I guess.

 

[Soggy Donkey]

I think in Australia the price is pretty fair for the technology you're getting in the handheld. The price on the games I'm not 100% confident in but that only means I'll buy less of them.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Here in latam the price of the console is like 650+ bucks, so no. They screw us over and there are no "tariffs" to blame, they just saw how people buy the PS5 to scalpers and though they could get away with it.

I was really looking forward for the Switch 2, but now I dont care. Then learning that most games would use the Switch card BS, I sadly pass.

 

[Ikagura]

How can you say it isn't worth that price and then purchase it for that price? You clearly thought it was worth it otherwise you would have waited for a sale or bought it used.
Now, saying it wasn't worth that price after playing it is another thing, and I would accept your opinion because you would have played it. But you are saying at this moment its not worth $80, despite having not even played it, and yet you bought it anyway. I just seems odd to me I guess.

I'd also argue that what this entry is adding is much more different from the difference between MK Wii and MK8.


Not to say that it's worth 80 but claiming that MK games are all the same is now disproven by that game.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Got my Chinese clone of the OEM Switch 2 case, as well as screen protectors. $15 for both. That's better than the $40 that Nintendo's asking. Now I'm ready for the 5th!

 

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

Hell nah, there is no room for nuance, no need for discussion. Consoles should not cost more than 400 and games should not cost more than 60. Simple as

 

[Sfjeov]

Hell nah, there is no room for nuance, no need for discussion. Consoles should not cost more than 400 and games should not cost more than 60. Simple as

I just buy games under 10 dollars or so. Last time I bought a game over that, it was as a Christmas gift for somebody else. I got a disc player in exchange.

 

[Ikagura]

Consoles should not cost more than 400 and games should not cost more than 60. Simple as.

I agree that there's a limit to a price but I'd like to hear an argument about that and not just an arbitrary value.

 

[sandogma sandogma]

The limit is definitely not $400 as some would believe, but there is a limit. Based on historical data, we can see that consoles that failed or had a poor launch year also sold at prices above $600 (NeoGeo, 3DO, XBoxOne, and PS3 to name a few).

Did you know the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) launched at $199 back in 1985? That adjusts to over $500 in 2025. The successor, SNES, launched at $199 in 1991, which is still over $400 in 2025.

TLDR data shows demand for consoles are willing to pay more than $400 but less than $600.

 

[Anti-Law Savior]

Switch 2 huh?
How bout switch 2 piracy instead.

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Missed opportunity for the thread title to be "Nintendo Switch 2 Expensive".

I'm sorry.

LMFAO!

 

[Deleted member 58254]

No, not at all lol.