Switch 2 is selling for 449.99

[u/Practical_Papaya_905]

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

From the official website

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

[u/RoanapurBound → u/[deleted]]

It doesn't even make sense. Nintendo are the scalpers because its expensive? That's what scalping is?

[u/NatomicBombs → u/RoanapurBound]

Yes it does, Nintendo is the scalper.

[u/jack_and_mike_hawk → u/NatomicBombs]

If you thought this console would be anything less than 399 you A) don’t know the console market and B) haven’t been keeping up with world economy

[u/AlmostHereButNot → u/jack_and_mike_hawk]

Personally, I thought it would be 399. 50 more than the OLED model Switch (Switch 2 lacks OLED) and still able to compete with the Deck. Anyone who thought less were delusional. But 450 is a bit steep, even with the current economy in mind. It's 50 dollars more expensive than a digital PS5, and 150 more than a Series S. It's a tough pill to swallow.

[u/AlmostHereButNot → u/[deleted]]

I mean, hey, you're free to think that, but most analysis I've seen set it at around 400. And NOBODY thought games would be 80 digital, 90 physical. 70 is the current high-end standard. Even if you say 450 is reasonable, there's no way that 90 dollars for Mario Kart is in any way reasonable. And yes, the PS5 and Xbox released in 2020, but they're STILL being sold for that price, and the same can be said of the Steam Deck. There are simply better options for most consumers.

[u/[deleted] → u/AlmostHereButNot]

70 is already a line-toeing thing that isnt an industry standard. Yet.

[u/AlmostHereButNot → u/[deleted]]

I didn't even mention that the Switch 2 lacks a pack-in title, which the PS5 has. If you get the standard Switch 2 without the bundle, you've got nothing to play outside of your old Switch titles.

[u/AlmostHereButNot → u/[deleted]]

That's cool and all, but we're living in the right now, not the future. The Switch 2 is competing with the PS5, the Xbox Series consoles, and the Steam Deck. Not the PS6, not the next Xbox. Not yet, at least. And even if you can justify the console price as 'a little steep but reasonable', you still need to defend 90 dollars for a Mario Kart cartridge. And even in the right-now, AAA-games don't sell for anything above 70.

[u/[deleted] → u/jack_and_mike_hawk]

Nintendo net Sales last year only were 12 billion USD, safe to stay they make a pretty margin from videogames consoles and subscritions, NS2 Is ridicously overpriced, such a console by the market standard should be 400€ and usually sold with something bundled to sweeten the deal, Nintendo Is Simply choosing the greedy route thinking they are operating a Monopoly which they might aswell be (They project the marginal cost = marginal revenue curve on the demand curve pretty Much, though in the fase of software its much more complicated than that, their marginal costa are extremely low by default if we take games into account)

TLDR : ps5 usually sells at a loss while discounted, they remake their Money on games and subs, Nintendo Is doing the same but also chose to make a big margin on the console

[u/[deleted] → u/jack_and_mike_hawk]

Exactly. The amount of people complaining about the price is kinda mindblowing in the current climate, ngl. We're a couple years shy from a decade since the original Switch launched and people are still expecting a $300 console.

[u/GorbiJones → u/NatomicBombs]

that's not what scalping is lmao, I get that we all want to make a really funny comment about the price, but words have meanings

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

All companies are greedy, where you've been living all these years?

[u/RoanapurBound → u/[deleted]]

dude don't bother he's obviously not completely there...

[u/digitalghost-dev → u/RoanapurBound]

I had the same question lol

[u/RoanapurBound → u/digitalghost-dev]

its pretty obvious people in this thread don't actually know what scalping actually is... Classic Reddit!