Nintendo Switch 2 $399 *NEW*

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firebush03 said:

JackHandy said:

If they think raising prices is the way to go instead of lowering profit margins... I have questions. The numbers are in for black Friday, and they're bad. Historically bad. So unless it was a fluke (and that might very well be), the general public have spoken. The prices are already too high. Raise them, and what do you think is going to happen, Mr. high-dollar suit man at the top?

At some point, you have to make a choice. We're all dealing with the orange, murderous clown with Silly-Putty for brains and an ethical fabric that would make even some demons blush. All of us. And we're all going to have to compromise our lives a little until he is gone, even conglomerates like Nintendo and Sony.

I feel like the narrative of “$450 is too expensive!” is gonna age quite poorly once all three systems get smacked with another hike next year. And these prices are not due to “orange man” (i.e. tariffs) alone but also a plethora of other issues, e.g. the exploding AI industry creating a GPU/CPU/RAM shortage.

Zero chance of "$450 is too expensive" aging poorly. If Nintendo is dumb enough to actually raise the price in the future all that means is "$450 is too expensive" will still be 100% valid and the new price would be even more outrageous. If the price is $500 in the future, that does nothing to make $450 suddenly a good price lol, all it means is they would have gone from a bad price to an even worse price. They are already now running into demand issues for the system because $450 is indeed too expensive, if they raise the price the only thing that'll happen is sales will slide further.