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Kyuu on 24 April 2026
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Mnementh said:
Kyuu said:

Pokopia's explosive success and PS5's price hike vs Switch 2 somehow maintaining its price ended PS5's chances. This should be one-sided.

I expected PS5 to maintain its price and the Switch 2 to get a considerable price hike this year, but the opposite (so far) happened. Still, I'd be shocked if Switch 2 doesn't follow suit and soon. But even with that, it should comfortably beat PS5 which is just ridiculously expensive for a console in its 6th year.

Eh, the somehow is not so random. The price of the PS5 was set years ago, before all the current crazyness. When Nintendo released the Switch they already knew about the stormy markets and could price with that in mind. Given, things are very volatile and that may not be enough, but the late time Nintendo could decide on a price probably gives them a bit more wiggle room. How long that holds we have yet to see.

Playstation 5 already got a price hike and storage reduction after Switch 2's release. This is the 2nd time it had its price increased since the Switch 2 launched, and the 4th since PS5's own launch in some regions.

Nintendo confirmed around the Switch 2 launch that the final price didn't factor in Trump's high tariffs which they are now suing, let alone factor in the rising NAND and RAM prices which occurred later and were much worse than anyone anticipated (And they affect cartridge prices too, which were already very expensive). What likely enabled Nintendo to keep selling cheap is that they ordered very large quantities of SSD and RAM when the prices were still low.

On the other hand Sony made misleading comments implying they ordered enough RAM quantities to cover the whole fiscal year with no major hardware price hikes needed.