Five reasons why I am not bothered by Nintendo's Switch 2 hardware and software pricing

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SvennoJ said:

Well for comparison, here in Canada:

Switch launched at CAD 399, BotW CAD 80 for physical edition
Switch 2 is set to launch at CAD 629 (+58%), physical games are not priced yet $80 USD is currently CAD 111 (+39%)

Canada inflation from 2017 to now is 25.7% (According to Bank of Canada)

So Nintendo prices are going up over double the inflation rate here for the console, 150% over for games.

And no discounted Nintendo games here, second hand only.


(Correction, MKW is $80 in USD)

The Canadian dollar has weakened substantially though. 

$450 USD = $624.22 CAD 

Is what it is. Again with the threat of tarrifs looming over Nintendo in their biggest market (the US) don't think they were willing to eat a chunk of the exchange rate for other markets this time.