A $50 increase in the US. Further increases rolling out in Japan, Europe, and Canada.
As if I needed another reason to not get one…
Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2, blaming 'market conditions'
Submitted 3 days ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/nintendo-is-raising-the-price-of-the-switch-2-later-this-year/
Comments
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Nothing like paying even $50 more to play games that you’ve already played for the last 15 to 20 years and also repaying for those games, spending between $50 and $70 fucking dollars US for the privilege.
Nintendo have lost their goddamn minds.
Don’t bother buying a Switch or a Switch 2 if you’ve already got a gaming PC. Just emulate that shit.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 days ago
I’m not buying anything Nintendo. I would love for you to tell me how and where to emulate switch 2.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I don’t believe there is anything that requires something unique about the Switch 2 to run, so emulating the original Switch should get you all the games already.
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
it’s called the Switch 2 because people who aren’t rich have to Switch 2 a different hobby
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 days ago
With this economy I just wait until this shows up in a pawn shop somewhere. Or more likely fuck buying that have plenty of PC games to play.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Their games never drop in price, and they are priced higher than anyone else. Don’t buy this shit ever. If you really want, emulate it. That’s the closest you should get to it. (Even then, is there anything worth it? There are too many amazing PC games already. I don’t need to play the fairly generic stuff Nintendo makes.)
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 days ago
+$50 so they can sell you starfox for a THIRD time
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh you sweet summer child. 3th? I think youre missing a few :p
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
They didn’t say no other games came out. They just said that they haven’t played them.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I haven’t played StarFox since the SNES, so I’m actually stoked for this. I’m probably a rarity though.
InputZero@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve played StarFox64 but I never owned it or got very far. My only complaint is that it’s a remake of an old game.
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m in the same boat. Loved the original SNES game but never played SF64. I might just end up getting the new one if it reviews well
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This is relevant.
I was looking at the exclusive titles for Switch 2… and it’s beyond me to understand why I need another Mario Kart or Smash Bros.
lemmyng@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Thanks, Trump.
ShadowRam@fedia.io 3 days ago
/s aside,
Trump had as much as an effect of GPU/RAM/SSD prices as Biden had on inflation.
Which was none.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You don’t think unpredictable tariffs and rampant deregulation across the entire economy have had an effect on prices?
echodot@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Oh come on, not even you believe that.
Trump literally put tariffs on everything. How could he not have an effect?
Harrk@lemmy.world 3 days ago
As gaming becomes more and more expensive I’ve found myself going back to retro. Just ain’t enough money left after everything else has gone up to spend on gaming anymore.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Not like Nintendo games are exactly cheap or becoming cheaper 2nd hand
njm1314@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Same here. I’ve been emulating some old PlayStation 1 games lately and man I forgot how fucking awesome Breath of Fire 3 was.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 days ago
stuck with old pc games, RS i used to be members but i stopped due to the slop they put out, plus burning out. and they use the excuse of inflation to increase the prices last time, this time was due to them removing mtx with no replacement, due to whining of osrs players.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, that will fix things.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The biggest surprise is they have people an almost 4 month heads up. Still won’t be getting one, not enough games I’m interested in and they seem to be losing their touch with the string of mediocre titles they’ve been releasing.
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Perhaps people that were holding out on a Switch 2 will see this as their only opportunity to grab one, since it ain’t getting cheaper.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
They’ll get a bump in sales from the announcement, for sure, though it will mean less sales in the long run.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, this definitely isn’t connected to the shareholders demanding price increases. No, its market conditions, obviously! Nothing to do with the shareholders!
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What if we sell just a couple dozen really expensive devices. . ?
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 days ago
Market conditions: Xbox and Sony already did it in anticipation of GTA 6
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In response to component price increases.
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
That’s what they claim, of course.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Funny that they waiting to raise the price until after the tariffs were decided to be illegal.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Probably more to do with RAM prices
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 days ago
i dont see it coming down even after/if the ram, tariffs are gone.
carrylex@lemmy.world 3 days ago
12GB DDR5 for just 50€ extra? Sounds kind of ok.
But maybe they should consider reviving the 3DS as it only used 128MB (they could produce 90x 3DS for a Switch 2)
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
New New 2DS
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fuck that. First Nintendo console in a long time that I don’t give a shit about.
Put fucking games on the carts and we will talk.
llii@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
I think I’ll work on my backlog first. That will last a few yers.
DarkMetatron@feddit.org 3 days ago
I still have games from the Snes era on my backlog, a few years will not be enough in my case. So Yes, no need to buy anything new for a very long time!
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Glad I already got one then. I even said, it’ll never be cheaper than it is now, at launch. And un-fucking-fortunately I was right. I did not want to be right.
missingno@fedia.io 3 days ago
Kinda figured this was gonna happen, glad I got mine at launch.
hakase@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
You know what? I’m gonna not buy it even harder.