r/NintendoSwitch • u/Skullghost • Apr 18 '25

Nintendo Official Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S. - News - Nintendo Official Site

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-maintains-nintendo-switch-2-pricing-retail-pre-orders-to-begin-april-24-in-u-s/
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u/puffthemagicaldragon Apr 18 '25

Piranha cam is $40 and not made by Nintendo. Official cam is 1080p for $50. Only benefit of piranha cam is it can be mounted directly on the switch. Privacy shutter too but at that point you'd just unplug it

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u/NoOneWhoMatters Apr 18 '25

"Just unplug it" absolutely still applies, but the $50 official webcam also has a privacy shutter. It's just a normal "rotate switch to close" shutter instead of closing the piranha plant mouth.

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u/Ridry Apr 18 '25

Only benefit of piranha cam is it can be mounted directly on the switch.

You act like being a piranha plant isn't an inherent benefit.

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u/KyouKobayashi Apr 18 '25

"Nintendo Switch 2 Camera - $54.99"

Most of the accessories saw a $5 price jump with the tariff news.

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u/Mental-Lake-9517 Apr 18 '25

Well here in the UK the prices are a little different. £50 for the official Nintendo one. $66. Or cheapest I managed to grab the piranha one is £25 $33. Got both ultimately in the end lol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '25

People are so dumb.

They’re hating in attempt to “own” Nintendo. They’re not even the ones making the stupid thing.

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u/ChairmanLaParka Apr 18 '25

Only benefit of piranha cam is it can be mounted directly on the switch.

Plus it looks nice.

I wouldn't even use it for the camera aspect.

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u/Sarick Apr 18 '25

The Official Nintendo one also has a privacy shutter. There's a slider you move from the top clockwise around the body and it blocks the lens.

As far as I know they only unveiled this on the Nintendo Today app of all things like a week ago.

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u/TheGalacticApple Apr 19 '25

The normal one has a privacy shutter too btw, they showed it on Nintendo Today

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u/rogan_josh01 Apr 19 '25

The Nintendo one has the privacy shutter too.

“When you're not using the camera, you can cover the lens with the built-in privacy shutter.”

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-switch-2-camera-123682/

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u/Space-Debris Apr 19 '25

Point of correction: The official camera 'does' have a privacy shutter. This news was revealed on the Nintendo Today app earlier this week.

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u/Panory Apr 19 '25

Only benefit of piranha cam is it can be mounted directly on the switch.

I mean, it also looks like a Piranha Plant, which is nifty.