Nintendo considering various factors for Switch 2 price, Switch 1 cost staying the same

Nintendo president addresses what to expect from the price of Switch 2 and confirms Switch 1 price cost will stay the same.

[Profchaos]

To put it in perspective the Wii U never received a discount even after the switch released it just rotted and remaining inventory was either sent back or sold by retailers for a conderable loss.

So don't think the switch 2 will be insanely expensive because the switch isn't dropping in price this seems like history repeating itself

[Knushwood Butt]

Keeping Switch 1 price the same is pure greed, but they are also doing it to cover their bases if the Switch 2 flops.

[Neonridr]

why would the Switch 2 flop?

[Knushwood Butt]

Because it's a Switch Pro.

Why would Wii U flop? It's got Nintendo written on it and has lots of games with, 'Mario', in the title.

[Sonic1881]

I can't imagine Nintendo Switch 2 flopping

[SeTTriP]

You really don't understand the Nintendo consumer do you?
They care not for specs or upgrades, S2 will not do the same numbers as the original.

[Neonridr]

@Knushwood Butt - the Wii U was a flop because they never really did a good enough job indicating it was its own device. Many consumers thought the gamepad was some sort of add-on to their existing Wii.

With the Switch 2, there is zero confusion that it's its own device. Given the crazy success of the Switch, having a device that functions the same way with way more power is simply a recipe for more success.

[meganick]

I agree that would be greedy, but it’s possible Furukawa is lying about no price drop for Switch 1. If people knew a price drop was coming this far in advance, that would drastically reduce sales of Switch 1 as people would just wait for the price drop instead of buying now at the current prices.

[Knushwood Butt]

In that scenario you're saying people would rather buy a Switch than a Switch 2.
If Switch 2 is more expensive than Switch 1, which it will be, and the games are cross-gen, that makes Switch 2 a hard sell.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

It honestly sucks, but with inflation taken into account, we probably wouldn't get a worthwhile discount these days anyway.

[gold_drake]

im not sure if it will flop

things have changed for nintendos ip. they've never been more popular and successful

[GotGame818]

Uh, if Switch isn't getting a price drop Switch 2 will be a minimum of $449. They need to have 3SKUS one dockable one not, and one that's TV only

[badz149]

With 256GB of internal storage and Nintendo fanatics will call it a bargain

[SonOfOsiris]

Nintendo is killing

[Rainbowcookie]

So thats confirming it to cost more than the original now it just how much. Surely it can't be the same as Ps5?

[Notsofast]

500 dollars

[Destiny1080]

what can we get away with

800 dollars to preorder 5 days early

[PRIMORDUS]

I'm going to guess it will cost between $399-$449 USD.

[NotoriousWhiz]

$400 = Easy day one buy
$450 = Maybe a reluctant day one buy
$500 = Playing the waiting game

[gold_drake]

so your sweet spot is a difference of100 and or 50?

thats abit odd. id agree if it was 200. but ..

[GotGame818]

Waiting game? Nintendo hasn't lowered the price of the OG Switch. Unless 2 doesn't sell well, like the 3DS, Nintendo won't lower the prices for years. I don't need a screen, and I wish Nintendo would give a TV only option. My OLED screen maybe has 2 hours of use on it.

[fsfsxii]

Another underpowered garbage tier hardware for a premium. Not even going to emulate this shit

[Elronza]

As usual Nintendo being the greedy nasty overpriced gaming vampires they truly are. I dare blind Nintendo fans to justify this move or the fact Breath Of The Wild is still 59.99, as well as other Nintendo first party titles released years ago!

[gold_drake]

the switch 2 is in a very interesting position

on one hand, making it more expensive is a bad idea
on the other ... seeing how well their first party games sell? i dunno.

maybe nintendo is banking on that fact.

cause nintendo is definitely in a very different position than back then with the wii u; much better.