Nintendo revealed this wee𒀰k that the Switch 2 will cost $450 in the US, a🔯nd although that might seem like a lot at first blush, one prominent industry analyst argues that it's a fair price considering market conditions.
Joost van Dreunen, NYU Stern profess🌃or and author of SuperJoost Playlist, told : "With the PlayStation 5 Pro at $700 and premium gaming handhelds in the $549+ range, Nintendo's pricing looks relatively reasonable by comparison."
Of course, it's worth not🍬ing that the PS5 Pro is likely considerably more powerful than the Switch 2, whose full technical specs have yet🌠 to be confirmed.
Other analysts talk💯ing to IGN had different o🏅pinions, with Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls attributing the higher-than-expected price to the uncertainty around the Trump administration's import tariffs. Meanwhile, analysts including Kantan Games C♉EO Dr. Serkan Toto and Omdia's James McWhirter speculated that the commercial success of more expensive consoles like the PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X, particularly compared to the more affordable Series S, gave Nintendo the confidence to price the Switch as high as it did.
Toto also argued that the Switch's price tag won't be a significant factor in its success in the console's first year becauꦦse people will buy iﷺt "no matter what."
"What I am a bit worried about is if Nintendo will again be able to reach the mainstream audience at scale later, i.e. families that might have m🍌uch tighter budgets for entertainment in today's economy," said𝄹 Toto. "Nintendo is clearly betting on people accepting higher prices as a new normal by then."
As someone very much not in the business of analyzing financial stuff, I have to admit to being ever so slightly bewildered by the shock reaction to the Switch 2's pricing. The price is right in the middle of what 澳ও洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:industry analysts had been prediꦗcting, and although I would love for the Switch 2 to be more affordable, I did a me🍸ntal shrug when I first saw its price tag as ꦦ floated through my head. I dunno, maybe I'm just desensitized to everything being ridiculously expensive these days.
After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corpor🔴ate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer inꦉ 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.
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