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Nintendo Switch is a hybrid game console made by Nintendo, sold as the original 2017 Switch, the OLED revision, the Switch Lite, and the 2024 Switch 2 successor; the line uses Joy-Con controllers and the Nintendo eShop.
… Price revisions for the Switch 2 and Switch consoles in Japan will take effect on May 25, 2026: Nintendo Switch 2 Current Price Revised Price Nintendo Switch 2 Japanese-Language System Japan Only ¥49,980 ¥59,980 The price of the Nintendo Switch 2 multilanguage system available from the My Nintendo … …
… Costs will depend on retail partners who "set their own prices for digital and physical games." The platform holder said the change "simply reflects the different costs associated with producing and distributing each format and offers players more choice in how they buy and play Nintendo games." In… …
… The original Switch also received a price increase on May 25, from ¥32,978 to ¥43,980. In the six weeks before the announcement, the original Switch model sold 3,000 to 8,000 units per week. …
… "The sales pitch of Switch 2 for the past year has essentially been 'buy this to play your Switch games on nicer hardware'" Consequently, the sales pitch of Switch 2 for the past year has essentially been "buy this to play your Switch games on nicer hardware". …
Nintendo has implemented purchase restrictions on the Switch 2 multi-language version in Japan. …
… Earlier this year, reports indicated that Nintendo was developing a new version of the Switch 2 for the EU market. …
… If implemented, users could replace the batteries in both the Switch 2 console and its Joy-Con 2 controllers. Nintendo has not made an official announcement, and GamesIndustry.biz has requested confirmation regarding this revised model. …
… Nintendo highlighted that although Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launched as a Switch title, 40% of its players are Switch 2 owners. The game sold more than 3.8 million units in two weeks. …
… Last month, Nintendo announced price increases for the Switch 2 , launched in June last year. The platform holder revised console prices in Japan, the US, Canada, and Europe. In Japan, the original Switch lineup and Nintendo Switch Online subscription service were also affected. …
… Barbour pointed out that the decision to launch on Switch "was made all the easier by the fact that Microsoft Corp. promised regulators it would do so in an effort to get the Activision Blizzard Inc. acquisition across the finish line." In a note to clients, Barbour said that while moving away from… …
