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The 3DS at launch would've been 355$ today.
People often forget one important factor: it's a handheld.just going off the specs, i don't think 450 is that terrible of an asking price.
We all know it's purely corporate greed that has them region-lock their own exclusive cheaper version of the console. It could be that cheap everywhere, but they raised their prices because of greed. Like Riot Games pricing certain cosmetics higher because they know most gamers in certain regions have zero self-control and will buy anything to look superior.It's cheaper in Japan: Nintendo is releasing a Switch 2 on the domestic market, which is also intended exclusively for the domestic market. It will cost only 49,980 yen there, which is roughly 310 euros. That's easily 160 euros less, a massive difference.
Why is the console so cheap there? There are two reasons:
It's a purely Japanese version: You can't change the language; the console operates exclusively and entirely in Japanese. It can also only be used with a Nintendo Account that has the country/region setting set to Japan.
Probably because of the weak yen: Nintendo apparently wants to prevent resellers and scalpers from abroad from exploiting the currently weak exchange rate of the currency to make a profit.
Not probably, but certainly. Nintendo decided to protect their home market in this way, which they have, after all, always dominated, because if they didn't, then regardless of price, Japanese gamers would have a problem buying a console because most would be bought up and sold overseas by scalpers.Probably because of the weak yen: Nintendo apparently wants to prevent resellers and scalpers from abroad from exploiting the currently weak exchange rate of the currency to make a profit.