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[Draugoth]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/nintendo-switch-2-set-for-gaming-s-biggest-ever-launch-even-at-400-plus

Investors are betting on Nintendo Co. delivering the biggest launch in game industry history with its Switch 2, and analysts see it selling rapidly even with a higher price than its predecessor.

The Kyoto-based company is carrying the hopes and expectations of countless fans as well as traders who this year bid up its Tokyo-traded shares to an all-time high despite slumping sales on its aging Switch platform. Expectations across the industry have risen for the new console to release pent-up demand for an upgrade among gamers and a backlog of games waiting to take advantage of better hardware.

The upcoming successor to the hybrid Switch console may become Nintendo’s priciest machine to date, as analysts who regularly communicate with the company and its software and hardware partners anticipate a price tag of $400 or more. US tariffs may further complicate the picture and pressure Nintendo’s margins. But all sound confident Nintendo will be off to a fast start.

 

[poppabk]

I mean the PS6 is likely to be $600+ and the next Xbox if it even exists in standard form will be more than that so I can see them aiming for $400+.

 

[Sebastian1295]

I mean the PS6 is likely to be $600+ and the next Xbox if it even exists in standard form will be more than that so I can see them aiming for $400+.

The ps6 and next xbox will have hardware inside of it that is about 3 generations ahead of what the switch 2 and its 8nm processor is going to pump out. This thing is about 150 dollars overpriced honestly if it launches at 400.

 

[Nelly_Nel_7.1.3]

We will all know the real price on April 2, 2025. 20 more days to go!

 

[blacktout]

Given that the Switch OLED is still $350, this is some "water is wet" shit.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

 

[Dacvak]

Wow what a wild prediction

 

[Fake]

Wow. What next?

Will Nintendo Switch 2 come with Joycon?

 

[Vaquilla]

$400-$450 sounds about right.

Inflation + the $350 OLED selling so well pushes things up a bit versus Switch 1, but Nintendo's systems have always been relatively affordable.

 

[Sooner]

Well, duh

 

[jshackles]

Expecting $499 personally. Any more than that, and it might have some trouble taking off against the OLED Switch 1.

 

[PauloRoberto]

Wow. What next?

Will Nintendo Switch 2 come with Joycon?

Dont give NIntendo ideas, for God's sake.

 

[Hookshot]

If everyone says $900 then when it's less you'll be happy for once.

 

[Kabelly]

I will buy a Day 1 OLED SKU. Nintendo, please.

 

[adamsapple]

$399.99 is the sweet spot.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

$400 for a PS4 Pro in 2025, here we come!

They better have a killer launch lineup because that price looks terrible in comparison to anything else on the market right now.

 

[baphomet]

It's $400 with MK9 and the couple extra odds and ends.

$350 console only

 

[Ritsumei2020]

Dead on Arrival!

/s of course, sorry this is a throwback to that famous Switch reveal thread.

 

[bender]

Best deal in gaming.

 

[blacktout]

$400 for a PS4 Pro in 2025, here we come!

They better have a killer launch lineup because that price looks terrible in comparison to anything else on the market right now.

This post would be right at home in the legendary Gaf Switch 1 thread.

 

[StereoVsn]

$400 for standalone and $450 with Mario Kart pack in.

I could see it being $50 more on each SKU above. That said, I am not taking into account any tariff shenanigans. So who knows.

 

[Shifty1897]

400-500 is realistic. If they can hit $400 it's going to sell like crazy.

 

[ADiTAR]

$400 for a PS4 Pro in 2025, here we come!

They better have a killer launch lineup because that price looks terrible in comparison to anything else on the market right now.

def doomed, same as was the Switch launching at 300.

 

[Scrawnton]

I've been saying $449.99 for a long time. Won't be a penny less than that.

 

[whyman]

If it’s 400 euros after tax, I am ok with that. Maybe even 450. But that’s the limit.

 

[spons]

Consider me $400 or more poorer. And Nintendo tens of billions richer.
Jesus Christ this thing is going to sell.

 

[RoboFu]

I will be surprised if it's under 450

 

[analog_future]

$500 is going to be too much to have the same kind of broad appeal the Switch 1 had.

Hope they can keep it to $399.

 

[memoryman3]

400-500 is realistic. If they can hit $400 it's going to sell like crazy.

Even $400 seems steep. $250-300 is the real value of this device considering the specs, but Nintendo will upcharge as usual on the back of their IP. Expecting $450.

 

[yogaflame]

That is actually affordable but I doubt if it will be a technological advancement with that price. It might not even be as powerful as Ps4 pro or even just the base ps4. But it's okay, what is important is the fun factor and the great Nintendo exclusives especially new Zelda, Metroid, Mario, and Miyamoto's projects.

 

[Shifty1897]

Even $400 seems steep. $250-300 is the real value of this device considering the specs, but Nintendo will upcharge as usual on the back of their IP. Expecting $450.

Disagree, if $400 seems too steep you aren't ready for post inflation console pricing.

Look at the PS5 Pro price for what your near future looks like and start saving now.

 

[Ceadeus]

The ps6 and next xbox will have hardware inside of it that is about 3 generations ahead of what the switch 2 and its 8nm processor is going to pump out. This thing is about 150 dollars overpriced honestly if it launches at 400.

Do you count that it has a screen?

 

[demigod]

$399.99 is the sweet spot.

With trump tariffs? Goodluck getting that price.

 

[adamsapple]

With trump tariffs? Goodluck getting that price.

If the rumors are to be believed, they've been channel stuffing Switch 2's since January, so let's see

 

[Gambit2483]

$400 for a PS4 Pro in 2025, here we come!

They better have a killer launch lineup because that price looks terrible in comparison to anything else on the market right now.

 

[Rush2112]

After people paying almost a grand for a shitty PS5 pro I don’t want to hear any other product get trashed for being expensive and I mean it.

 

[AngelMuffin]

I’d be shocked if Nintendo prices this a penny over $399. They don’t want a 3DS launch situation on their hands again.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Hopefully they will be widely available everywhere in every store and every online warehouse at launch.
Everyone will be walking out of Gamestop with a brand new Switch 2 and several accessories. A carry case is a must.

 

[FStubbs]

With trump tariffs? Goodluck getting that price.

Also scalpers.

 

[Generic]

Disagree, if $400 seems too steep you aren't ready for post inflation console pricing.

Look at the PS5 Pro price for what your near future looks like and start saving now.

The PS5 Pro is underperforming.

 

[Celcius]

I mean, isn't this what we all expected?

 

[Pop]

With trump tariffs? Goodluck getting that price.

oh no not the tariffs

anyways, $449.99

 

[StreetsofBeige]

If Switch 2 is $400-450 US, then it'll be $600-ish in Canada. A Ninty system breaking $600 beans. Thats' basically what PS5 and SX launch at here.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I mean, isn't this what we all expected?

Given the media reports about how Nintendo's main focus was on keeping Switch 2 cheap, I think many were expecting $299. No OLED. Low Power.

$399 for the rumors would be highly disappointing in an environment where a PS5 can basically be had for cheaper than that.

Not saying it's going to bomb, but I think some people are way too overly confident when Nintendo's track record is a bit mixed. They aren't infallible. I can see it still doing well, but not living up to Switch 1's potential, especially if they stumble on the launch offerings.

Of course, a stellar lineup can easily overcome a ho-hum product and price point. So we shall see. Only a few weeks now.

 

[graywolf323]

Expecting $499 personally. Any more than that, and it might have some trouble taking off against the OLED Switch 1.

that’s my thinking as well, if it was going to be only $400 you’d think Nintendo likely would have finally price cut the Switch 1

 

[Sakura]

I imagine 2 SKUs, 400 and 450.

 

[adamsapple]

Given the media reports about how Nintendo's main focus was on keeping Switch 2 cheap, I think many were expecting $299. No OLED. Low Power.

No one was realistically expecting that.

The GAF poll, as a sample size, is pretty telling of people's expectations.

 

[blacktout]

No one was realistically expecting that.

The GAF poll, as a sample size, is pretty telling of people's expectations.

This is reflective of all the discourse I've seen about the system's pricing on youtube and elsewhere in the media. I haven't seen anyone, even on the most hype-poisoned of Nintendo fan channels, suggest a $300 price. There's a widespread expectation that the system will be $399 or *maybe* $449.

James is even being disingenuous about what Nintendo said on the topic, which was about balancing affordability with inflation and potential tariffs, not saying that affordability was their only concern. No even vaguely economically literate person, or, frankly, literate person period would take that as Nintendo suggesting that they would sell the Switch 2 for less than the current price of the leading Switch 1 model. Like, come on.

 

[fersnake]

top tier analyst? can predict myself 100 or more...

 

[GigaBowser]

I perdict HIGHST SELLS LAUNCH EVER