I think at the end of the day Nintendo is testing what the market will bear and if sales slump slowly prices will come down. Europe has the highest prices for hardware and software and the first market to slow down with regard Switch 2 but then Europe was never as big a market for Nintendo as other markets with regard the percentage of people that buy Nintendo products but still a very important market probably similar in revenue to the USA but split over many minor countries with much higher logistics costs. It feels like pricing in Europe has been too high as here in the UK we have seen a huge amount of discounts on Switch 2 products and major French retailers seem to have lowered the price of Switch 2 consoles due to a high overstock situation. It is still going to do significant numbers in Europe this Christmas I'm sure but probably disappointing compared to US and Japanese numbers. We shall see though, a small tweak to European pricing could do wonders. Maybe a £399 Mariokart bundle. Still very expensive compared to Japan but maybe more people will bite at that price. I've set myself a price of £250 for a secondhand Switch 2. It will probably be a while before I can achieve that. Obviously I will pay more if bundled with software etc. I'm not expecting to get a Switch 2 soon but then there is only 1 Switch 2 exclusive title I really want to play which is Mario Kart World. The current conversion rate price of a brand new Japanese Switch 2 to UK currency is just under £250 so I'm prepared to pay the same for a secondhand Switch 2. The cheapest I've seen a Switch 2 in the UK was an ebay price using a code that worked out at £290 but that was basically new (shop returned) and guaranteed.








