Edit: I changed the image to not be 510 euros for the Switch 2 price but 500, it was not meant to be the MSRP of the Mario Kart bundle but a general actually-sold-as value based on what retailers are listing the normal Switch 2 as. Changed to just be 470 euros now, I don't have a local retailer where you can pre-order it at 470 so keep that in mind.
I've been seeing a significant amount of people saying that the switch prices (even ignoring the video game pricing) is just due to inflation or due to the US tariffs which is nonsense. I think it is important to share images like this around, to show that that isn't the case.
8 Comments
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 15 pts · 1y
Why does this use the MSRP of the Mario Kart World bundle (509,99€) instead of just the console (469,99€)?
misk@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 1y
Those things aren’t a matter of who deserves what. Nintendo will charge whatever they want if people will pay.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Nintendo saw the success of the Wii U and wanted to keep the Switch 2 at ~$470 when adjusted for inflation
catloaf@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
This is not how you graph a time series.
SolidShake@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
As a super liberal, saying the console costs more due to tariffs is the dumbest thing I've heard. It wouldn't go up $150 lol.
xyzzy@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 1y
It's a factor.
Edit: You know what? I'm wrong, at least according to Nintendo.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/04/nintendo-of-america-president-says-tariffs-not-factored-into-switch-2-price
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
In the US maybe but not everywhere else
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y
It can readily be preordered for MSRP though. Example
Ilandar@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y