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[ManaByte]

Former Nintendo employee says retailers know "nothing" about Switch 2 price

A price to pay

gonintendo.com

A former Nintendo employee from the sales and retail department appeared on the Kit & Krysta Podcast to talk about all things Nintendo, and a conversation about the Switch 2 price came up. In particular, the former employee was asked what retailers know about the Switch 2 price at this point, and apparently it’s exactly as much as we know.

“Nothing, nothing…certainly not price, almost certainly not any kind of launch date other than maybe a quarter, it always makes me laugh to see these articles like ‘Walmart Canada says the price is going to be this’ Walmart Canada is the last people that are gonna know.”

[Sean, former Nintendo employee from the sales and retail department]

 

[Woopah]

Makes sense, Nintendo won't reveal the price or release date until the April Direct.

 

[Walter Matthau]

It wouldn’t shock me if Nintendo isn’t 100% locked into a specific price yet.

 

[Labadal]

$499.

 

[ManaByte]

$499.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

 

[Lokaum D+]

U$999,99 confirmed

 

[Guerilla Munch]

imagine if Nintendo doesn't reveal the price and release date in April lmao

 

[SweetTooth]

Logical price for specs = $250

Nintendo's price = $399

 

[lh032]

$499.

before tariff.

 

[Little Mac]

$399.99 or Glass Joe wins.

 

[Lunarorbit]

It's gonna be $400. I don't understand that guys snarkiness. Totally unearned.

Mario kart 9, metroid prime upgrade, a donkey Kong or Mario game at launch. It's not rocket scientists as Tara Reid would say. End of summer or early fall release.

Games starting at $70 and never going on sale. Nintendo has a pattern each generation.

 

[ShirAhava]

US$399.99 for the Basic and US$449.99 for some type of Deluxe Set or game bundle

Any lower than that and I'd be shocked

 

[Hudo]

This thing is gonne be 144,398.10 Zimbabwe Dollars, isn't it?

 

[bender]

 

[od-chan]

Oh he's absolutely right, and everyone with even half a working brain should be aware of that. But nobody cares, because it drives engagement.

If "journalists" had an inch of integrity they would stop "reporting" on this kind of bullshit. Watch them try to "subvert" this by totally acknowleding that you should take it with a grain of salt, such amazing journalistic standards!

The media makes it really easy to hate them.

 

[Kokoloko85]

299-399- anything over is gonna be hard to sell for Nintendo longterm. I expect a cheaper and more expensive sku/bundle if they are going over 399

 

[DKPOWPOW]

imagine if Nintendo doesn't reveal the price and release date in April lmao

It's starting to feel like that might happen. They kinda shadow stated that the price reveal could happen afterwards. Because they wanted gauge interest/reactions.

I could see them just giving a vague Summer / Fall 2025 release schedule in the direct, and then announcing the price and date later.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Damn...Canadians getting some serious shade.

Anyways, it's $399. We all know it's that price.

 

[Mister Wolf]

No matter the price it's going to get scalped to oblivion.

 

[Imtjnotu]

if we get a GTA6 release date before a Switch 2 Price WE RIOT

 

[Davey Cakes]

I'm thinking something between $400 and $500. So, $429.99 or $449.99. Something like that. Nintendo never launches a console at a loss and there's inflation to consider too.

They don't need a budget option. The original Switch is still right there and will sell for another two years easy.