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Nintendo Plans on Selling the Switch Without a Price Cut for As Long As Possible

Nintendo Plans on Selling the Switch Without a Price Cut for As Long As Possible - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 December 2019 / 2,148 Views

The Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017 and has yet to receive a price cut. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa during the latest financial results briefing announced the company plans on keeping the Switch at the full price for as long as possible. 

The statement confirms Nintendo will not do a temporary price cut of the Switch for the holiday season, but will likely focus on bundles. 


This is not something new for Nintendo, a company that generally waits as long as possible for dropping the price of its consoles and games.

Thanks GamingBolt.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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7 Comments
Ljink96 (on 11 November 2019)

I mean, as long as it's selling the way it is there's no need for a price cut.

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Qwark (on 11 November 2019)

They have the Switch Lite and upgraded the original Switch so it kind a had a relative price cut. Anyways not every system needs to sell at bottom prices to be succesful. PS4 also still sells for € 300,-

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Dante9 Qwark (on 12 November 2019)

Sony has been getting some criticism here for not dropping the price permanently. Wonder if the same will apply in this case?

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SanAndreasX (on 11 November 2019)

Nobody would cut prices if they could get away with not doing so.

  • +6
Ck1x (on 12 November 2019)

So I can see them not having or wanting to do this as they continue to evolve and bring out more hardware revisions.

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siebensus4 (on 11 November 2019)

Well, with 3DS it was as short as possible...

  • +1
JWeinCom siebensus4 (on 11 November 2019)

Nah, it was as long as possible. Just so happens it wasn't possible to sell a $250 3ds for very long.

  • +2