{"id":3049,"date":"2026-08-03T03:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:37:31","slug":"the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=3049","title":{"rendered":"The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we 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’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

In an announcement<\/a> of the impending price increase today, Nintendo cited “changes in market conditions” and “the global business outlook” that are “expected to extend over the medium to long term.” That’s likely a reference to the climbing RAM and storage prices<\/a> that have been impacting<\/a>\u00a0all sorts<\/a> of hardware makers<\/a> for months<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nintendo’s pricing move means all three current major consoles have now increased in price since launch. Sony’s PS5 got its second price increase in March<\/a>, just eight months after its first price hike<\/a>. The Xbox Series consoles saw their second price increase in September<\/a>, five months after an initial price hike<\/a>. Nintendo also raised the price of the aging original Switch console<\/a> for the first time last year.<\/p>\n

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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’s MSRP will increase to $499.99 on September 1, a $50 (and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[25,29,33],"class_list":["post-3049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-share-suggestions","category-technology","tag-impact-msft","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}