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Zippy6 on 23 April 2025
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curl-6 said:
Zippy6 said:

With the Switch 2 being so cheap in Japan it's no surprise demand is through the roof.

The Japanese price may seem low in terms its dollar equivalent, but that's cos the yen is very weak right now.

By Japanese standards it's not cheap; it costs 50% more than the Switch 1 for instance.

Yeah sure, but in comparison to other modern gaming hardware it's a bargain. PC hardware for example An RTX 4060 8GB has an RRP for 52,800 Yen, more than the Switch 2, where-as in the west the RTX 4060 8gb RRP was $299 to Switch 2's $449. Nintendo are offering a very good price on it in Japan while other companies aren't eating the cost of the weak Yen themselves, and probably losing quite a bit on each unit sold.

So yeah Switch 2 is by far the best value modern gaming option in Japan, nothing comes close to the affordability except previous generation consoles or a Series S (but no one wants that in Japan.)