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Sephiran on 09 May 2025
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IcaroRibeiro said:
Sephiran said:

My guess would be that Nintendo wanted to avoid the shitstorm of announcing a 75K Yen price for Japan, in the fears that it would lead to a big backlash against the Nintendo brand in Japan, that could have long term consequences for them in Japan.

Which is strange since tie-ratio is the smallest in Japan, it's probably the worst market to recover mone with software sales compared to US and Europe. It's also the market where their option is uncontested and they run a monopoly, so it's likely the one the have the smallest chance to see a significant decresse compared to Switch 1

Nintendo is still a fully Japanese gaming company, unlike Sony which moved the PS division to the US. That could mean that Nintendo still puts a lot of focus on the Japanese domestic market. And it doesn't really matter if Switch 2 would sell better than the PS5 at 75K Yen price in Japan, because that price would still lead to a huge decline in sales from the Switch generation to the Switch 2 generation. Nintendo is not interested in just selling more than the PS5 in Japan, their goal is to have as high Switch 2 sales as possible in Japan, and a 75K yen price would probably lead to a 50-60% decline in sales in Japan for Nintendo.