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Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

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Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

#91
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Switch 1 still has more games than I have time to play, plenty of them around to get.

FWIW, a significant part of the enjoyment in gaming for me is the community aspects of talking about the latest popular game. Unfortunately, that means that while games on the previous cycle's console are often still good, they innately lack one of the biggest parts of gaming as a hobby for me.

Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

#92

Never buy a switch later. Nintendo prices don't fall and if, it takes ages.

Yep, they refuse to lower prices to try to maintain value over time. That's why most second hand physical first party games cost the same, people know the digital or first-hand physical game prices won't ever go down.

Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

#93
post #45

Switch 1 still has more games than I have time to play, plenty of them around to get.

FWIW, a significant part of the enjoyment in gaming for me is the community aspects of talking about the latest popular game. Unfortunately, that means that while games on the previous cycle's console are often still good, they innately lack one of the biggest parts of gaming as a hobby for me.

I'm with you, but The Switch2 has so far mostly been dropping remakes of classic games, and games already released years ago on other platforms.

Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

#98
post #45

Switch 1 still has more games than I have time to play, plenty of them around to get.

FWIW, a significant part of the enjoyment in gaming for me is the community aspects of talking about the latest popular game. Unfortunately, that means that while games on the previous cycle's console are often still good, they innately lack one of the biggest parts of gaming as a hobby for me.

I grew up in a time when we got one or two games a year, if we wanted more games, piracy with double deck tapes, or programming our own games, were the only options available.

Thus it is hard to feel the need to be talking about the latest popular game.

Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

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post #47

Has this ever happened before?

PlayStation 5 has a price increase in August, 2022. I think this was the very first time this happened. Xbox Series X had one in June, 2023. Nintendo Switch (original) had a price increase last year. I don't remember this ever happening before the 2020s unless it was due to retailer shortages or markups.

NEC temporarily raised the price of the TurboExpress due to low screen yields in 1991. That is the only price increase I was able to find.

Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

#100

The 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.

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