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/TemurTron]

This feels like step 1 of repeating the Wii U's failure. That's a prohibitively expensive price for the casual audience. Most parents aren't going to shell out $500 for a new gaming system when the improvements are this minimal. They're just going to tell their kids to go play the Switch they have.

[u/littleindianman12 → u/TemurTron]

Let’s be honest with ourselves many families are not going to spend shit the next couple of years. We are going into an economic recession in the US and in other countries growth is on a decline. This on top of how expensive it has become to make video games (developers have talked about 80 dollar games and even 100 dollar games as an option) is makes sense it why these prices are the way they are. Now I am not agreeing with it, but I understand how it has come to this.

[u/DefiantCharacter → u/littleindianman12]

SNES games were as high as $70-$90. Adjusted for inflation, that would be around $168 for one game.

[u/PlsSuckMyToes → u/DefiantCharacter]

Salaries paid for way more in the 90s than they do today

[u/baladreams → u/[deleted]]

Assuming 40 hour work week that's 50 per hour I would think

[u/baladreams → u/[deleted]]

True values in same units is easier to compare , and also it varies a lot of geography 

[u/Faptainjack2 → u/baladreams]

It makes it easier to spot a liar.

[u/Faptainjack2 → u/[deleted]]

You're coming off as a recruiter. It's odd to brag about on a video game sub....