Can Nintendo turn Switch 2's pricing disaster around? And how?

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JackHandy said:

sc94597 said:

If games aren't selling, it's very easy to drop the prices. 

I am not convinced there is a pricing problem or disaster when it comes to the hardware. The Switch 2 is much cheaper than comparable gaming handhelds, much closer to its ostensible competition than the Switch 1 was, and offers great value for the $450 price. 

The wild card is tariffs, but those will affect all electronics. Nintendo's just more at risk because they are launching a platform during them. 

You have to pull back and view what is happening on a macro level.

When Switch was revealed, everyone was glowing, gushing, head-over-heels in love with the thing, similar to Wii. It was the console you had to have, and you had to actually try and find negative press/opinions because it was so universally accepted. 

That is not so with Switch 2. All you're seeing is negative feedback. It's one bad thing after another... and that is never a good thing.

As I've said before, Nintendo already had their hands full due to the Switch being a cross-over, culturally-important device because usually, the follow up to those consoles fail. And that was made even more dire by the fact that they pretty much just designed a Switch Pro and called it Switch 2 (too similar). Now, they've decided to stick a price-tag on the system and games that people are unhappy about and well... it's going to be interesting.

This further proves that they need to drop the prices.