Bloomberg is reporting this morning that its sources have told them that Nintendo is actively considering increasing the retail price of the Nintendo Switch 2 due to increased component costs. This isn’t the first time that we have heard this, but it should be noted that the company hasn’t made a final decision on this.
“Close rival Nintendo Co., which contributed to the surplus demand in 2025 after its new Switch 2 console drove storage card purchases, is also contemplating raising the price of that device in 2026, people familiar with its plans said. Sony and Nintendo representatives didn’t respond to requests for comment.”
Can’t even blame Nintendo, we truly are living in a dark age for tech consumerism
Griffin predicted this
Pretty worrying considering many already consider the price to be too high. I think that the hardware is priced just right for what it is – I can’t see any competitors on the market that match its power and portability for that price. However, a price increase would certainly make me rethink that. The games are also already overpriced so now you’re just making the whole package prohibitively expensive.
Personally, I’m surprised the Switch 2 is able to sell as well in its $450 base price. I kinda don’t think it will slow down as much even if it got a $50 increase. Lots of people are diehard fans that they’ll pay Sony/Playstation prices, which is good for the company, but I wonder if that conveys that they don’t need to lower the prices.
If the price increase is going to be 50$, that would be annoying, but ok with the ram shortages. Most people spent 500$ to have mario kart world with their console, so it might not be that noticable to people who are looking to buy a switch 2 later in the future.