Are you excited for the next Nintendo console ?

[KirbyFluttershy 2,524]

I'm starting to think that as a nintendo fan and player, i shouldn't let these mixed opinions and what people has to say about switch 2 get to my head so easily. i know i should be deciding for myself if i get the game on launch, but getting it for xmas 2025 would be my plan B if i don't get it at launch.

I'm just excited and eager to look forward to those games anyway, but upgrading the microSD express card, that's 1 thing i need to do and go over. i know the 1TB microSD express card is expensive so i may just get 512GB if i have to.

[OctoAori20 5]

7 hours ago, Ganondorf8 said:

The 3DS managed to right itself thanks to a price cut, and providing early adopters with ten free GBA games as compensation. Of course, there were no tariffs back then so it was easy for Nintendo to make the cut without losing face. This time around, things won't be as easy for them to overcome.

It might be an uphill battle, sure, but I'm sure they can find a way, fingers crossed with hope. It would be economic *death* if they raised the price instead of lowered it, which they most likely full well know.

[Ganondorf8 11,413]

14 hours ago, OctoAori20 said:

It might be an uphill battle, sure, but I'm sure they can find a way, fingers crossed with hope. It would be economic *death* if they raised the price instead of lowered it, which they most likely full well know.

If more tariffs get applied which is highly likely, they may have no choice but to raise the price. If they do lower it which is what I and so many people want, Nintendo are going to lose money on every console sold not to mention on every game sold.

Oh, and don't get me started on how retail stores are feeling about all of this.

[OctoAori20 5]

On 2025-04-06 at 3:16 PM, Ganondorf8 said:

If more tariffs get applied which is highly likely, they may have no choice but to raise the price. If they do lower it which is what I and so many people want, Nintendo are going to lose money on every console sold not to mention on every game sold.

Oh, and don't get me started on how retail stores are feeling about all of this.

Raising the price would basically be ensuring that the console rots on shelves and we'd end up with a semi-Wii U situation.

The way I see it, we're very much in a 3DS-style situation, truth be told.

If they dropped it around, say, $350 and the games weren't $80 USD (darn near $100 CAD), then there would never have been such a strong negative reaction to the pricing of it all.

[Megas 27,835]

Most people seem fine with the $450 price point. It's the price of the games(which so far is just MK) people take issue with

And given they delayed the tariffs another 90 days, they're trying to get as much stock as possible into the US as possible. There's still a 10% tariff, depending on how much they're already making from the $450, there's a likely chance that initial price is sticking(here's hoping)

I feel like people are still bracing for a price increase because of the tariffs in the future, that's just something that's unfortunately unavoidable

[Sasoriman 140]

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Edited Friday at 11:09 PM by Sasoriman

[Ganondorf8 11,413]

13 hours ago, OctoAori20 said:

Raising the price would basically be ensuring that the console rots on shelves and we'd end up with a semi-Wii U situation.

The way I see it, we're very much in a 3DS-style situation, truth be told.

If they dropped it around, say, $350 and the games weren't $80 USD (darn near $100 CAD), then there would never have been such a strong negative reaction to the pricing of it all.

They hid the prices on purpose hoping no one would notice, but consumers ended up noticing as it didn't take very long.