Nintendo Switch 1 Price to Change in Canada, Details to Release August 1 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 June 2025 / 4,294 Views
Nintendo of Canada announced the price of the Nintendo Switch 1 consoles, physical digital games, accessories, amiibo, and Switch Online will be changing soon. More details will be shared on August 1 on the Nintendo Canada Store.
The price for the Nintendo Switch 2 console, accessories, and software will remain unchanged.
"Pricing for the original Nintendo Switch family of systems and products in Canada will change based on market conditions. These include Nintendo Switch - OLED Model, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, physical and digital Nintendo Switch games and Nintendo Switch accessories," reads the press release from Nintendo of Canada. "Other Nintendo products, including amiibo and Nintendo Switch Online memberships will also experience price changes."
Nintendo added, "This pricing change does not apply to the Nintendo Switch 2 system, accessories, or software."
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"...will change based on market conditions" .....is 'market conditions' whatever Nintendo feels like pricing? lol
The fact that it only states the price will change but definitely does not say it will drop means that price will increase lol I hope I'm wrong.
I'm not sure, I honestly think it could be either way. Next Trump/Canada trade talks are on July 27. IF an actual deal is made, and not a fake deal that is on paper only so far as Trump's Truth Social posts, that brings back free trade to Canada (hilarious we enjoyed this for 150+ years until now :/ ) than maybe Nintendo will drop the price. If those talks go sour and consoles are subject to huge tariffs, then it might be a price increase.
But the consoles are not being imported from the US
I thought I understood that most NA Switch consoles were initially shipped on boats and docked in Mexico, and from there on trucks into USA and then up into Canada. Those trucks crossing the border from US to Canada would then be subject to tariffs. I could be wrong about that though!
That may have been the case under the rules from the USMCA. But, they certainly would ship directly to Canada if needed to avoid tariffs.
Oh boy, finally a price cut!
I'm an optimist.
I will be surprised if this isn't a price increase. The vagueness and only being in 1 region (for now) points to a price increase. I really hope not. Nintendo seems to be really shooting themselves in the foot as of late with certain decisions.
I still hope for Nintendo Selects, but my hopes aren't that high, seeing all the increases as of late.
Wierd that it would be only Canada? Something special going on there?
lol "change based on market conditions" - that'd be beyond hilarious if they actually increased the price of an 8+ year old system after it has been replaced.
Presumably this means Nintendo is finally gonna cut the price of the Switch, but honestly given how crazy these video game companies are with jacking up prices all the time these days it wouldn't surprise me if they increase the price just to kill off sales or something like that haha.
Given the "market conditions", it's all but guaranteed to go up.
A price cut would be great, but on a multiregion and global scale price cuts have not occurred since PS4 and Xbox One. with some of their SKUs.
Switch has never gotten a price cut in any region that I know of. Switch Lite doesn't count because while it's cheaper than Switch or Switch OLED, it is handheld-only and not fair to count as a price cut.
It's just hard to do price cuts these days with inflation placing pricing pressures and additional component shortages on commodity components which raises the price of those parts.
The fact Nintendo has kept the pricing static is actually a real testament, because the reverse could have happened.
