Nintendo Switch 2 price will be ‘affordable’ for consumers says exec

Nintendo’s president has discussed immoderate of the factors progressive successful the Switch 2 price, arsenic helium rules retired a simplification for the archetypal console.

One of the large unknowns astir the Switch 2 is the console’s price, which is expected to beryllium revealed during a Nintendo Direct connected April 2, 2025.

That hasn’t stopped speculation astir what the outgo volition beryllium though, with rumours ranging from £300 to £450. For context, the archetypal Switch costs £259.99 and the OLED exemplary costs £309.99, truthful there’s a beardown accidental it’ll beryllium much costly than those.

While we inactive don’t person immoderate factual details, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has discussed immoderate of the considerations astir the console’s pricing, and hinted that it mightiness beryllium much affordable than galore expect.

Speaking during a Q&A, arsenic portion of Nintendo’s Q3 net call, Furukawa was asked if the institution had changed its stance connected what they see an acceptable terms constituent for consoles – though portion they talked astir assorted economical factors they didn’t notation thing astir US tariffs.

In his reply (as translated by Google from the Japanese Q&A), Furukawa cites ostentation successful Japan and the speech complaint arsenic being considerably antithetic since the Switch launched successful 2017.

However, helium besides notes that Nintendo has to see ‘the affordability that consumers expect from Nintendo products’ – which is simply a promising motion that the summation won’t beryllium excessively astronomical.

It’s atrocious quality though for anyone hoping for a terms chopped for the archetypal Switch, erstwhile the adjacent console does launch, arsenic Furukawa notes ‘there are nary plans to alteration the terms of Nintendo Switch hardware’.

While there’s a anticipation that Furukawa is simply being coy, there’s possibly small crushed for Nintendo to driblet the Switch terms with games similar Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokémon Legends: Z-A inactive connected the horizon.

Nintendo has, however, cut its fiscal forecasts successful caller months, aft Switch income past twelvemonth fell beneath expectations, truthful it’s imaginable a terms chopped could hap if those games (and immoderate different aboriginal titles) neglect to springiness the strategy different boost.

Aside from the price, the different large question astir the Switch 2 is erstwhile it volition launch, with some insiders suggesting it could beryllium June. But officially there’s nary denotation different than sometime this year.

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