UK Switch 2 Price - r/switch2

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u/marinocelia 4d ago

I attach the price in Euro here👍🏼

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u/taiyo85 4d ago

Same price as a normal ps5 bundled with astrobot in Portugal... I was really hyped. Not anymore.

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u/ericdeda 4d ago

Yep, it's basically the price of a ps5 but I highly doubt it'll be as powerfull. It doesn't make sense /=

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u/VonLinus 3d ago

It's doing something different. I didn't think it's worth it but PS5 has no screen etc

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u/InternalCup9982 3d ago

But it having a screen is fundamentally to its design if it didn't have a screen I couldn't use it, it's like a phone nobody's factoring in oh it has a glass screen .

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u/VonLinus 3d ago

Um?

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u/InternalCup9982 3d ago

Wdym um?

if it didn't have a screen how would u use it? You couldn't and it wouldn't be portable thus completely rendering it inoperable.

So saying oh it has a screen is completely nonsensical ofc it does, you don't factor that in though is all I'm saying.

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u/VonLinus 3d ago

It's a different value proposition because of what it is, to a PlayStation 5 so I don't think the comparison is effective. I was responding to someone who apparently did.

Um? Meant i didn't really understand what you were saying in relation to what I was saying. How was it apropos.

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u/InternalCup9982 3d ago

I know and I responded to you?, because i agree with that other person strictly from a price point it is comparable to a ps5 and that's just a better value it's a more powerful console with a much larger roster of games.

I just didn't get your point about it having a screen because again it NEEDS one by design thats a nonsensical defence/posture.

Like if we want to compare it to something with a screen then a steam deck also has a screen and blows this out the water, cheaper and has an even vaster array of games than ps/Xbox which was already larger than Nintendo's.

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u/VonLinus 3d ago

I didn't see what good point you were making to my saying I wouldn't compare the two for price as they are quite different products because one is a handheld console with a screen and other bits and one isn't. Having read your explanation, you seem to be disagreeing that they are too different for the purpose of price comparison. Ok. I still disagree.

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u/silveral999 3d ago

cant play a PS5 on a train :(

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u/Ell7494 6h ago

Actually I can on my ps portal and have it dc constantly due to a lack of signal/ poor wifi

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u/Gytixas 4d ago

69 click Nice!

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u/Ok_Acanthaceae5363 4d ago

Why is it so much more expensive then the other picture?

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u/Designer-Muffin-5653 4d ago

It’s the same price. 1£ is 1,19€

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u/Ok_Acanthaceae5363 4d ago

U are right I looked too fast and thought the £ was €

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u/phibber84 4d ago

With tariffs looming, this looks like a case of the rest of the world subsidising the US price.

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u/MintberryCrunch____ 4d ago

Am in UK, we always have a higher price if you convert US price.

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u/Flash__PuP 4d ago

That’s because the UK price includes VAT and in the US they need to pay “sales tax” at point of purchase.

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u/MintberryCrunch____ 4d ago

Ah right yea forgot they don’t list the final price of things, because different states have different sales tax right?

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u/Flash__PuP 4d ago

That’s my understanding. It shows up most on Lego when the dollar to pound price is the same before conversion.

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u/theanav 4d ago

yes exactly

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u/phibber84 4d ago

And I'm only across the Irish sea where the same applies but, given the impending tariffs, I would've expected the US price to be higher than the UK and EU this time around.

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u/MintberryCrunch____ 4d ago

I guess this is still the RRP and suppliers will have to add the tariff if they have to pay it to the US government, and then choose their price to pass that on to consumers. But I guess yea if buying from Nintendo they’ve accounted for this? Though I suppose no one really knows exactly what’s gonna happen with tariffs at moment.

I guess I meant at moment I think our price matches up “as normal” to US price. For UK £395.99 to $449.99 seems to be in line with previous console releases. Haven’t seen price in € yet.

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u/felold 4d ago

$450 and $499

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u/Labyrinthine777 3d ago

Great, now Trump is even making the life of gamers harder.

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u/Awkward_Swimming3326 3d ago

They don’t ship from the US

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u/phibber84 2d ago

Exactly. I think they're being manufactured between China and Vietnam so shipping from there. Tariffs are being applied to both. If Nintendo has factored in tariffs to their pricing model, it looks like they've tried to spread the additional cost to US consumers internationally. This would avoid a huge price increase in the states when compared with other markets and potentially alienating a massive consumer base.

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u/Awkward_Swimming3326 2d ago

Na most countries don’t have tariffs from those countries. That would be dumb.

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u/phibber84 2d ago

You're right. They don't. America does. Maybe re-read what I wrote there. Or look into how tariffs work when applied by one country on multiple other countries.

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u/Awkward_Swimming3326 2d ago

I don’t need to because I already know. We already have trade agreements with the countries where these items are produced. No changes needed.

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u/phibber84 2d ago

Where are you based?

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u/Cube2D 4d ago

£75 for mario kart physically and £67 digitally. It appears they no longer want us buying physical.

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u/Cirked 4d ago

If it's a game I really want on launch (excl. merch, good ingame content) I think it's worth it - I'm thinking of Legends Z-A, or a new Animal Crossing.
Otherwise, I think I'll just wait for them to hit the shelves of CeX a few months later for £20 less.

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u/IndyDude11 4d ago

This your first Nintendo console, friend? 1st party titles stay full price for years. Animal Crossing is still $60 and it's been out for five years and no longer supported with updates/DLC.

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u/Cirked 4d ago

Yes, $60 via Nintendo directly.
CeX is a second hand tech store that currently lists it for ~$40

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u/silveral999 3d ago

so after 5 years the price has gone down by a third, and you're now expecting the price to drop by 2/3rds in a few months?

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u/Cirked 3d ago

Nope, because I didn't type that. £20 less not £20.

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u/moopym 3d ago

Good luck getting any deal at cex anymore, they are charging £60 for 2nd hand pokemon let's go eevee meanwhile a brand new version is £38 at game. Guarantee the people handing their games in aren't getting more...

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u/Cirked 3d ago

I don't know what world you're checking but it's literally £48 at CeX, and Game does not sell the game (at least online).
Besides, Pokémon has always been the main outlier that is driven by demand, for many other Switch games you'll get a nice discount a few months later.

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u/IndyDude11 4d ago

At least they're giving a discount for digital. Could be $75 either way.

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u/Dosia12 3d ago

More like inflating the price of physical

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u/ilparola 4d ago

Pirating it the moment it will be possible like the switch1 and the problem is gonw

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u/ProfessionalKind3922 4d ago

For my Canadian friends it's 629.99 for standard and 699.99 for the bundle

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u/Burger_Destoyer 4d ago

Just when I thought I had money in the bank…

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u/ProfessionalKind3922 4d ago

Bro same and I live in BC so double tax 😭

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u/Thememer1924 2d ago

At first I was like well I’ll be saving for a few months but then I was like, ahh screw it if I want one sooner I can just drag myself down to the states for a day trip and feel like I’m getting one for cheaper (when realistically I’m not)

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u/ProfessionalKind3922 1d ago

I mean that's fair I've considered using my wife's statues and getting it tax free but then I'll end up playing the long game if I did that it's on native land next to a reserve it'll be sold out for a bit. I mean how it was worth the ps5 for a bit

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u/ProfessionalKind3922 4d ago

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u/Cirked 4d ago

Where did you find this page?

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u/ProfessionalKind3922 4d ago

On Nintendo's website I found it under the how to buy section.

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u/ProfessionalKind3922 4d ago

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u/Thundorium 4d ago

Very reasonable!

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u/Zabusy 4d ago

90 Euro (97 dollars) for physical games btw

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u/Banana7273 4d ago

also since it's Nintendo, there will be no option to buy cheaper besides 2nd hand(Nintendo never does sales)

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u/ispeaktherealtruth 4d ago

Please tell me this is a late April 1st joke

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u/Gytixas 4d ago

What? Where did you get this info?

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u/NYX_076 4d ago

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u/kaffsu 4d ago

It's on the store.
But for now, only MK is at that price point

If I recall, DK is at 70$?

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u/RewardSlow3617 4d ago

where can u see that?

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u/Cirked 4d ago

UK MNS homepage - clicking through to the page doesn't yet work

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u/fuvvad 4d ago

https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en

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u/Ordinary-Teacher-954 4d ago

Thats honestly about what i expected it to be tbh.

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u/DarthFelus 4d ago

In japan its 300 bucks, but the regional block is back, unfortunately.

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u/gqbigpaps 4d ago

This is some serious nintendont bullshit

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u/DemRocks 4d ago

I opened up the store to see what prices were like and got very excited to see 50,000 ¥ including MK World before seeing the footnote saying it's language locked. For an extra 20,000 ¥ I can play in multiple languages - really worth my extra money /s

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u/Dosia12 3d ago

Time to learn Japanese?

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u/pianodb 4d ago

450 in the US. Preorders on the 9th. TheVerge has it. https://www.theverge.com/news/634603/nintendo-switch-2-price-release-date-details

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u/Italophobia 4d ago

450 definitely because of tariffs :/

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u/Decent-Half0 4d ago

Wouldn't that imply that it would be cheaper to get the European model?

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u/Burger_Destoyer 4d ago

When you go to the checkout it’ll probably add the tariffed price on.

Anyway the US equivalent is usually a bit cheaper going by recent consoles so I don’t know if it’s particularly the tariffs.

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u/pianodb 4d ago

Probably why it wasn’t in the direct. Too much uncertainty.

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u/small___potatoes 4d ago

Conversion rate it’s still cheaper

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u/jco83 4d ago

UK prices already include [sales tax] VAT @ 20%

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u/small___potatoes 4d ago

Oh that’s nice, I didn’t know that. Wish they did that here.

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u/jco83 4d ago

US sales tax varies by state, doesn't it ? and some states have no sales tax ?

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u/Pizzawing1 4d ago

Just did the math, and based on conversion rate, that is actually cheaper compared to the UK price (£396 = $510)… So it’s not great but I guess you have to consider that as well

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u/Cirked 4d ago

Wonder if the price is ex. VAT? America does that on most items I thought.

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u/Flash__PuP 4d ago

Yeah, there will be “sales tax” on US systems where as the UK price “inc vat”

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u/MintberryCrunch____ 4d ago

It’s almost always cheaper for electronics in US than UK.

Having said that if it’s RRP is $450 that could then be increases if suppliers have to pay tariffs.

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u/Pizzawing1 4d ago

I think that is true. And just for a point of comparison, it looks like the Switch 1 was £280 ($364 USD) vs $300 in the US, so yeah nothing that different. So you’re right, it’s not really anything special to consider - standard practice it seems

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u/jco83 4d ago

to compare UK prices to US prices, you need to first remove the 20% added VAT (divide by 1.2)

£280 ÷ 1.2 = £233.33

that's the number you need to convert to USD

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u/jdb1984 4d ago

Why do you get prices and the US doesn't.

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u/sloppyoracle 4d ago

Nintendo Switch 2 - $449.99 MSRP*

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u/swiftpotatoskin 4d ago

Probably down to the tariffs that are threatened to be imposed for Importing.

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u/MrCoreyTys Waiting for Release... 4d ago

I always knew it was gonna be around £400 or something like that. And my prediction came true! nice!

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u/santathe1 4d ago

What’s the difference between the two?

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u/kizunick 4d ago

i think the only difference is that the second option brings mario kart game

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u/santathe1 4d ago

Thanks.

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u/Grassey86 4d ago

Preorder from the 8th??

Preorder in Ireland is open already. Just got an email from Smyths store.

€469 for console €509 with MKW (download code) Preorder done now!

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u/MemeMan4-20-69 4d ago

Is that 390 in US dollars?

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u/Dosia12 3d ago

449.99

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u/zah_ali 3d ago

It’s nice to see it’s not the same amount just in £ compared to other counties. I remember back in the N64 days it was $250 and £250 for us here which felt so unfair! (Can’t remember if that was the case for the current switch, I was a few years late to the party)

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u/code-garden 2d ago

It is the same price as the PS5 or the XBOX Series X, but both of those have cheaper options available: PS5 digital, XBOX Series S.

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u/thedarknight76 2d ago

What

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u/thedarknight76 2d ago

That’s ridiculous

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

They charging to much for a underpowered system games are overpriced and I don't think developers will make games for that ps4 type system

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u/skipadbloom 1d ago

Low effort high price like my ex

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u/AME_VoyAgeR_ 4d ago

damn, I thought this thing was 350

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u/Chemical-Limit-7549 4d ago

Will it lower in price on release day?

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u/Direct_Cause668 4d ago

No.

Officially From Nintendo UK Switch 2 Price

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Nintendo Switch 2 - $449.99 MSRP*