NINTENDO IS COOKED? Switch 2 Price Hikes Are Actually INSANE

THE BIG N IS LITERALLY LOSING THE PLOT

Listen, I’m not saying the sky is falling, but the market absolutely HATES the news coming out of Kyoto right now. After ↗Nintendo admitted that the Switch 2 price hikes are going to "raise the barrier to purchase," their share value took a nose-dive. We’re out here acting like charging a premium for the next generation is some 4D chess move, but the reality is they’re pricing out the very community that made them billions. It’s honestly peak corporate delusion—they’ve seen sales soar to $14.6bn, so naturally, their first instinct is to squeeze every last penny out of the player base until the wallet is bone dry.

GATEKEEPING THE CONSOLE

It’s not just a Japan problem either; they’re hiking costs across the US, Canada, and Europe, effectively telling us that accessibility is secondary to their bottom line. While they’re busy ↗revising console costs and banking on brand loyalty to carry them through this fiscal nightmare, the rest of the industry is spiralling. Between Sony taking a massive $765m hit on Bungie and everyone else panic-pivoting their strategy, Nintendo’s decision to go full-greed mode is a bold strategy that might just backfire in spectacular fashion. If you’re not prepared to empty your savings for the next iteration of the Switch, you might be left sitting on the sidelines while they wonder why the hype train lost its steam.