Summary
- Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has shed some light on how to determine how much the Switch 2 should cost.
- Inflation and exchange rates will play a role, but he also notes that customers expect affordability from Nintendo.
- That said, even after the Switch 2 is released, there are no plans to reduce the price of the OG Switch.
If you thought Nintendo finally revealing the Switch 2 would make everyone settle down for a while and stop asking questions, you’d be wrong. The problem with Nintendo’s reveal was it didn’t reveal much at all. None of the games that will be available at launch outside of what we’ve all assumed was a brief glimpse at Mario Kart 9, and even more importantly, no indication of how much this thing’s going to cost.
With Nintendo confirming we’ll learn a lot more about the Switch 2 during its first Direct on April 2, 2025, we’re probably not going to be told how much its next console is going to cost until then. However, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has given some insight into what exactly the company is taking into consideration when trying to decide how much its highly-anticipated next console should cost.
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Nintendo published its latest financial report this week, and Furukawa held a Q&A afterward. During that Q&A, the Nintendo president was asked how inflation and exchange rates have played into determining how much the Switch 2 should cost. Furukawa noted “that inflation is currently rising and that the exchange rate environment has changed significantly since the launch of the Nintendo Switch.” (Thanks, Nintendo Everything).
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That line alone feels a little ominous when it comes to what the Switch 2 might cost. However, Furukawa took the edge off that somewhat by acknowledging that he and Nintendo know customers expect a certain level of affordability from them.
We also need to consider the affordable prices that customers expect from Nintendo products. When considering the price of our products, we believe that it is necessary to consider these factors from multiple angles.
After all that, Furukawa moved on by confirming he is not ready to reveal how much the Switch 2 is going to cost yet. He did make one more note about future Nintendo console prices though, and it’s bad news for anyone who doesn’t already own a Switch or is waiting until the console’s price drops once the Switch 2 has been released.
Furukawa noted that Nintendo has no plans to reduce the price of the original Switch, even after the Switch 2 has been released. Nintendo has already confirmed its current console will continue to receive support as long as there’s demand, and it seems it will remain at its current price for as long as people continue to buy it. Maybe if it starts to close in on that revised PS2 sales record, the price cut will come.
Nintendo Switch 2
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Nintendo
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2025