Nintendo fights Switch 2 scalpers with new buying restrictions amid price hike
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Nintendo Switch is a hybrid game console made by Nintendo, sold as the original 2017 Switch, the OLED revision, the Switch Lite, and the 2024 Switch 2 successor; the line uses Joy-Con controllers and the Nintendo eShop.
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… The Japan-only model of Switch 2 will go up by ¥10,000 to ¥59,980. The various models of the original Switch are seeing price hikes of between ¥8,000 and ¥11,000. A one-year subscription to Nintendo Switch Online is going up by ¥1,000. …
… At $450, the Switch 2 was a whole 50% more than the Switch had been at launch, and similarly priced to the base model of PlayStation 5. Even adjusted for inflation, it was Nintendo's most expensive console ever . It seemed a worryingly high price for a handheld console. …
… Despite the looming price hike, Europeans may still have reason to wait. A new Switch 2 model is on the horizon with user-replaceable batteries as a result of new consumer protection laws. That model doesn't have to be released until early next year, and the Switch 2 will be €499.99 by then. …
Sign in to your Polygon.com account If you're thinking about grabbing a Switch 2 in the next few months before Nintendo raises the price , you're about to have some more options when it comes to game bundles. …
… Steam games also do well across a wide range of prices, meaning that budget-conscious consumers have plenty of options on the platform. Unlike a PS5 or NIntendo Switch 2, a Steam Deck is also a much more ancillary product for a different platform. …
… Sony kept the ball rolling in March with PlayStation 5 price hikes that brought the PS5 Pro up to $900 . Nintendo followed suit by raising the Nintendo Switch 2 up to $500 , a price that somehow looks like a steal next to the Steam Deck. …
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… Related As Sony considers more PS5 price hikes, we've officially entered a terrible new era Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5 users will be wrung dry by gaming companies in an effort to mitigate the worsening memory shortage
… Just last week, Sony raised prices for all three models of the PlayStation 5 , as well as the PlayStation Portal. Last fall, Microsoft hiked the prices for every model of the current-gen Xbox , as well as Xbox Game Pass . …