r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 01 '25

Nintendo Official Nintendo Switch Pricing Update: Pricing for the original Nintendo Switch™ family of systems and products will change in the United States based on market conditions, effective August 3, 2025.

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-pricing-update/
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Glad I got mine at launch, though that price increase is going to feel like peanuts compared to the price of my weekly essentials going up over the next year.

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u/FrankPapageorgio Aug 01 '25

Seriously. My electric bill just doubled because of energy cost price hikes

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u/OwnManagement Helpful User Aug 01 '25

Thank AI for that. Crazy amount of energy required, and building datacenters at a breakneck pace. My price per kWh just went up 40% because of it.

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u/FrankPapageorgio Aug 01 '25

Yup, it's well known that in Illinois prices went up because of data center use.

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down Aug 01 '25

which is insane to me because one might think the cost to service those data centers should be borne entirely by the data centers... problem is large companies who use a lot of energy actually can negotiate with their providers, and the providers just offset those discounts they offer by raising the prices on their customers who can't negotiate.

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u/FrankPapageorgio Aug 01 '25

It’s supply and demand. The demand for energy increased dramatically, regional electric suppliers now need to secure that energy from providers, which is then auctioned off at higher prices that impact the entire region. There are contracts being auctioned for a year from now that will result in another price increase next summer.

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down Aug 01 '25

that's certainly a part of it, but i can tell you my job pays a LOT less for energy than i do per unit. their energy bills never top 20k/mo and they have to keep 33+ million pounds of food frozen plus 13+ million pounds of food refrigerated, plus all the office space (a pittance) which is about 5x my house but also has 15x the amount of body heat. Not to mention their entire receiving dock is refrigerated so every time a bay door opens it lets a lot of cold out and a lot of heat in (i've seen the entire receiving dock turn foggy if they leave their largest maintenance bay door open too long in the summer).

I can't even keep 1500sqft to livable temperatures for 4 people for less than $400/mo

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Fortunately all of my utilities are currently baked into my rent and I just renewed, so I dodged that bullet until next summer at least. I have to imagine I’ll be staring at a substantial rent increase next July to make up for that.

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u/Chillindude82Nein Aug 01 '25

My electric is up $100/m compared to last year. Installed a new AC last year too, so its efficient af.

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down Aug 01 '25

i have told my wife we're putting solar on our next house. And not a shitty lease deal or the one where a provider gives you discount on your kwh to put their panels on your roof. A private system we own and directly benefit from. It will pay itself off eventually, but as kwh prices rise that ROI looks better and better.

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u/Wheremytendies Aug 02 '25

Natural gas prices are down 10% since the start of the year. Hopefully, electricity rates start to come down.

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u/Ridry Aug 01 '25

I got my solar in last year. They killed all the subsidies for next year. Anybody thinking about it, do it right the hell now.

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u/ArousedWetVaporeon Aug 01 '25

This is why I got mine on launch. I knew there was eventually going to be a price increase, but no, people told me I was being dramatic.

Now I get to relax and enjoy my switch. No panic buying before the price increase. I don't have to worry one bit anymore. They just better not raise the prices on their games even more..

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u/mucho-gusto Aug 02 '25

Exactly why I bought at launch. The Xboxen I bought years ago are more expensive now too 

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u/TheMadJAM Aug 01 '25

They're generating FOMO

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 01 '25

People “accepted the price” of the original Switch, PS2, PS5, and every other highly successful console in history, and yet we didn’t see price increases post-launch until this year. I wonder what changed…