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Will Nintendo Finally Drop the Switch Price?
DigitalGreenTea:
With the Nintendo Switch now in its eighth year, some shy official talks about the Switch successor from Nintendo themselves, and no price drop in sight, do you think Nintendo will discount it soon? If so, when do you expect this to happen and by how much? Could this potential price drop make the Switch the most successful console ever? With a price drop, Nintendo may reach people they haven't reached yet. Or people might start buying second or third Switches, or special editions more frequently. What do you think & what are your predictions?
Here’s a comparison of previous Nintendo and other console price drops:
PS2 $299 -> $99 (Slim)
3DS $249 -> $169->$80 (2DS)
Wii $249 -> $199->$99 (Wii Mini)
DS $149 -> $129 (DS Lite) -> $99 (DSi)
BeautifulShy:
When is the Switch 2 supposed to be coming out?
Do we know late 2025 or summer 2025?
I think that is going to matter on when there would be a price cut for the Switch.
NWR_insanolord:
We don't have any real info on that, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's fairly early 2025, similar to how the Switch came out in early March. But with the Switch still selling well at the current price there's no real reason for Nintendo to drop it right now.
DigitalGreenTea:
You make a good point, NWR_insanolord. As long as the Switch continues to sell well at its current price, Nintendo doesn’t seem to have much incentive to discount it just yet.
But I'm curious about the impact of a price drop when the Switch successor is announced or released. Would it make sense to drop the price of the Switch as soon as the successor hits the market? Could that affect the sales of the new system? For example, if people see the Switch being discounted when the successor is announced/released, might they opt to purchase the cheaper, older model instead of waiting for the new one? Of course there’s also the possibility that those who buy a discounted Switch might not be the same audience that would buy the successor immediately.
Or is it good enough for the launch that the current Switch owners are already planning to upgrade and are set on getting the new model regardless?
Still feels like a tricky balance. The decision to drop the price of the Switch could have significant implications for both old and new hardware this time around.
M.K.Ultra:
There could be a price drop when the new console is released in an effort to clear out stock and encourage folks to buy the new system. On the other hand, with switch 2 being more powerful and expensive, they might keep the old system in production for a year or two as a cheaper option, in that case they would still want to sell them at a profit.
I think the historic price drops coincided with parts and production becoming cheaper, but with scarcity and inflation, I don't know if the production costs of switch every did drop, hence the lack of a price cut.
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