{"id":137099,"date":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200940"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","slug":"talking-point-will-you-be-getting-a-switch-2-before-the-price-goes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/08\/talking-point-will-you-be-getting-a-switch-2-before-the-price-goes-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Will You Be Getting A Switch 2 Before The Price Goes Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, there it is.<\/a><\/p>\n

Last month, I wrote about how two things were making me recommend Switch 2 to family and friends<\/a> despite the hefty price tag and the lack of a truly killer ‘OMG I need<\/em> one to play this life-changing video game’ to call its own: the convenience of GameChat versus scratchy speakerphone while visiting my mum’s Animal Crossing<\/a> island with the kids, and a more general fear of price increase (which I dubbed ‘FOPI’).<\/p>\n

With Sony having hiked PS5 prices again<\/a>, giving fence-sitters less than a week to invest before the price of entry for a PS5 Pro went up to a staggering $900, it felt like a matter of time before Nintendo was forced to follow suit. Nintendo already raised the prices of Switch 1 in the US \u2014 which will surely affect its chances of beating PS2’s all-time best-selling console record \u2014 so this move to increase Switch 2 prices globally should come as no surprise if you’ve been keeping a vague eye on the news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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