Probably related to RAM and storage prices going up just like with the PS5.
Probably related to "we are getting away with it in the current climate" just like with the PS5.
Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
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Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
#72That is another victim of all hardware being hoovered up by AI fraudsters. People need to go to the classic class warfare methods: - Do not buy anything new, especially graphics cards. Buy on Ebay but avoid bidding wars. - Use adblockers and do not pay for any company's services if the company promotes AI. - If it is true that Nintendo is lobbying against AI in Japan, still buy Nintendo of course. The AI people think…
The AI people do not need you.
Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
#73The value of the yen compared to other currencies has fallen through the floor since 2022, so this isn't unexpected - Nintendo had to do something to equalize prices somewhat. The dollar's global value has also weakened noticeably since (checks notes) April 2, 2025 and Canada has had currency struggles as well the last few years.
If you consider the jump in price of DRAM due to hyperscalers to not be a considerable factor in this increase, please state so. Your comment leaving this out makes it harder to trust.
DRAM prices increase everywhere, so it should affect the worldwide market in the same way. But Nintendo is raising prices mostly in Japan.
Japan's local currency devaluation is more about US vs Japan differences in central bank policy and interest rates (and a million other issues) and is mostly separate from DRAM prices.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
>since April 2, 2025 This current inflation spike peaked in 2022. If anything, its been easing in 2025. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FPCPITOTLZGUSA https://cpiinflationcalculator.com/2025-cpi-and-inflation-da...
Check out the US dollar index on a 5-year view: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/quote/DX-Y.NYB/ Inflation is just one factor and is not limited to one country. This shows the US dollar vs other currencies.
That graph shows the dollar started dropping in Jan 2025
Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
#75The Switch 2 also released right in the midst of the tariff mayhem, Nintendo really couldn't catch a break with this generation.
Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
#76The value of the yen compared to other currencies has fallen through the floor since 2022, so this isn't unexpected - Nintendo had to do something to equalize prices somewhat. The dollar's global value has also weakened noticeably since (checks notes) April 2, 2025 and Canada has had currency struggles as well the last few years.
You got the relationship between currency value and export prices upside down. Usually when your local currency devalues, it will make your exported goods cheaper in other countries. This is why the US always accuses (justified or not) other countries artificially keeping their currencies undervalued, by the way.
First, Japan doesn't make the Switch in Japan. They are made in Vietnam and China. So having a weak local currency isn't super helpful.
Second, the largest price increase is for the local Japanese market (and they are increasing the already-underpriced special 'Japan-only' model that they won't allow to be sold in other markets).
Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
#77The Switch 2 also released right in the midst of the tariff mayhem, Nintendo really couldn't catch a break with this generation.
like they need a break
Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
#78The value of the yen compared to other currencies has fallen through the floor since 2022, so this isn't unexpected - Nintendo had to do something to equalize prices somewhat. The dollar's global value has also weakened noticeably since (checks notes) April 2, 2025 and Canada has had currency struggles as well the last few years.
You got the relationship between currency value and export prices upside down. Usually when your local currency devalues, it will make your exported goods cheaper in other countries. This is why the US always accuses (justified or not) other countries artificially keeping their currencies undervalued, by the way.
He may have just fumbled into an accuracy, but the nuance here is that what you're saying is mostly true for domestically produced things, which is why the other country you're mostly referring to is China - they have domestic production facilities for just about everything.
Something like the Switch is going to rely heavily on imported parts, and so when your currency plummets relative to others, that forces you to increase prices just to stay in the black. And yeah in looking it up, then yen has dropped about 50% against the yuan just over the past 5 years. Seems like Japan didn't learn much from the US about picking 'print money' as your economic policy. It doesn't last long when you're an economic hegemon able to export your inflation, but it's a far worse idea when you're a lesser economic power.
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#79Has this ever happened before?
This is the story imo. For a large percent of people, basically everyone born after 1980, technology has always reduced in price and increased in capabilities over their entire life. If sustained, which if you start with the Xbox price increase it probably already is, this is a secular change in the market for technology.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just because something is heavily in demand doesn't mean it's not fraudulent.
Generally speaking, that's incorrect. That's like saying "I don't like cars, and don't see the value in cars, therefore the market for cars is fraudulent". In AI, buyers are getting what they want. The demand is real. YOU might not value what they're getting, but that doesn't make it fraudulent. This is why people misunderstand why AI isn't a bubble. A bubble is asset prices rising due to speculative demand far beyon…
There are circular deals, the product is heavily subsidized. Managers are promised the moon and are deceived about the actual capabilities of the product.
Mythos is marketed like a nuclear weapon to make people jealous.
AI model government approval is floated, perhaps in preparation for a government bailout justified by "national security".
Kushners are invested in OpenAI.
There is a lot of fraud going on.
> This is actual, real, shipping physical product: not vapor, not something that will disappear, not something that will "crash" suddenly.
"Not X, not Y, not Z, just A" works better than "Actually A, not X, not Y, not Z".