Why is Nintendo charging so much for the Nintendo Switch 2 console and games?
Partially asking this out of curiousity. Partially asking this out of anger. This morning I go onto Amazon to look for a new cable for my laptop and I see pre-orders for Mario Kart World from Nintendo's official Amazon account. I live in Canada so the prices are always a little skewed (when Americans are paying $60, we pay $80, and when Americans pay $70, we pay $90) however, the pre-orders for Mario Kart World are priced at a whopping $110!!!!
At first I thought it was a joke, this couldn't be correct, right? But no, on their official page their all in that price range, some games going up to $115 or $120!! Is there any reason they think this is acceptable? Because if these are truly the final prices, I won't be buying a Nintendo Switch 2 until I can get it second hand, and the games second hand.
It's strange that I'm learning about this now since we in the U.S. will still pay $70 for the new Donkey Kong. I really don't get that yet.
The success of the switch is most likely why they're charging so much for the switch 2 and its games. Nintendo thinks they can get away with upcharging their customers like they've done in the switch generation e.g. charging for online, never lowering costs of games and accessories. I think they have the notion that no matter what they do they'll continue to sell whatever due them doing similar things during the switch generation and getting away with it. I won't be buying a switch 2 either due to this too.
Checks out. I always waited for a Nintendo Selects kind of thing with the Switch, but it never came, so I just never got very into Switch collecting. With the games never going down officially, the second-hand market's stayed pretty high too, so overall it's just not worth it till eventually the prices drop. Hopefully sometime soon Nintendo realizes that they've turned away most their install-base with this bad pricing. Nintendo has a habit of making a great console that's very successful, getting cocky and then thinking they can get away with doing anything because "their Nintendo, people will buy it."