{"id":215017,"date":"2026-05-08T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:11:27","slug":"the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>When we <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2025\/06\/nintendo-switch-2-the-ars-technica-review\/\">reviewed the Switch 2<\/a> just after its launch last year, we warned that interested customers might want to buy in early, as the launch price could go up. That potential price hike became a reality today, as Nintendo announced the Switch 2&#8217;s MSRP will increase to $499.99 on September 1, a $50 (and about 11 percent) increase from the $449.99 launch price.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/corporate\/release\/en\/2026\/260508.html\">announcement<\/a> of the impending price increase today, Nintendo cited &#8220;changes in market conditions&#8221; and &#8220;the global business outlook&#8221; that are &#8220;expected to extend over the medium to long term.&#8221; That&#8217;s likely a reference to the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/for-just-a-couple-of-months-in-the-middle-of-2025-it-was-an-ok-time-to-build-a-pc\/\">climbing RAM and storage prices<\/a> that have been <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/civis\/threads\/framework%E2%80%99s-ram-prices-climbing-on-a-%E2%80%9Cmonthly-cadence-%E2%80%9D-with-more-hikes-to-come.1511630\/\">impacting<\/a>\u00a0all <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/civis\/threads\/ongoing-ram-crisis-prompts-raspberry-pi%E2%80%99s-second-price-hike-in-two-months.1511469\/\">sorts<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs\/\">hardware makers<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc\/\">months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s pricing move means all three current major consoles have now increased in price since launch. Sony&#8217;s PS5 got <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/03\/sony-is-raising-playstation-5-prices-again-this-time-by-between-100-and-150\/\">its second price increase in March<\/a>, just eight months after <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/08\/sony-joins-xbox-and-nintendo-in-hiking-playstation-5-prices-in-the-us\/\">its first price hike<\/a>. The Xbox Series consoles <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2025\/09\/microsoft-raises-xbox-console-prices-for-the-second-time-this-year\/\">saw their second price increase in September<\/a>, five months after <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2025\/05\/microsoft-raises-prices-on-xbox-hardware-says-some-holiday-games-will-be-80\/\">an initial price hike<\/a>. Nintendo also <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/08\/citing-market-conditions-nintendo-hikes-prices-for-original-switch-consoles\/\">raised the price of the aging original Switch console<\/a> for the first time last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2026\/05\/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2026\/05\/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we reviewed the Switch 2 just after its launch last year, we warned that interested customers might want to buy in early, as the launch price could go up. That potential price hike became a reality today, as Nintendo announced the Switch 2&#8217;s MSRP will increase to $499.99 on September 1, a $50 (and about 11 percent) increase from the $449.99 launch price. 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