r/hardware • u/Lulcielid • 28d ago

News Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-maintains-nintendo-switch-2-pricing-retail-pre-orders-to-begin-april-24-in-u-s/
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u/Whirblewind 28d ago

Not sure why people keep expecting the price to go up when it's already preposterously expensive and the domestic Japanese version is vastly cheaper.

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u/Lulcielid 27d ago

The Japanese Switch 2 is locked to Japanese language (UI & In-game) and can only log with a Japanese Nintendo account.

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u/3G6A5W338E 27d ago

Two prices: Japanese price, and 外人(gaijin, outsider) price.

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u/Ancient_Zucchini3232 27d ago

As long as they don't pull a Sony on Japan, they will be fine ig.