Nintendo reveals Switch 2 price in Brazil - More expensive than the PS5

[Hiku]

Fight-the-Streets said:

Hiku said:

I can believe it.
Switch 2 also costs about the same or more than a PS5 here in Sweden. And seemingly in other Scandinavian countries.
And games like Mario Kart are $100, which is the more expensive issue in the long run.

Though your average wages are much lower than ours, so in that sense it's much more expensive for you guys.

I wasn't aware that gaming consoles and games are so expensive in Scandinavia. Is it because that they are not in EU and/or don't use the Euro? Or is it because that they have high taxes on consumer electronics or because they have none or poor tariff agreements with Japan/EU?

I'm Swiss, we aren't in they EU and don't use the Euro either. We are a "high prize island", therefore the usual "swiss tax" applies to consoles and games but it applies to any product. It's just that we have a very high buying power, therefore everything is expensive here. But nevertheless, the prizes for consoles and games are almost on par with EU countries (Germany for example).

I believe it is mainly due to our VAT (Value Added Tax), which I believe is a EU thing, and for electronics its 25% in Sweden. The rate varies depending on the product, and country.
However, videogames did not have any VAT applied to them until 2015. So it's a fairly recent development, starting with the previous console generation.

Once that happened we started seeing new games launch for $70 and $80.
This is the first time I've seen the standard edition version of a game be $99 though.

(Just remove the last digit to get USD.)

What is the USD conversion for MK World and Switch 2 in your country?
And how close is Switch 2's price to PS5?

Last edited by Hiku - on 26 April 2025