Rumor: Nintendo Preparing to Officially Release Switch in India - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 6 days ago / 3,799 Views
Nintendo is reportedly preparing to officially release the original Nintendo Switch in India, according to information discussed on the Day Zero podcast via ABP Live.
The report claims Nintendo Switch will priced around Rs 20,000 ($208 USD) and launch around February or March 2027 with Redington as the likely distribution partner.
It should be noted the Nintendo Switch has been available to purchase in India via the grey market, which is priced comparably to what Nintendo is expected to charge. With a similar price this might not cause a big bump in Switch sales.
There was no mention in the report of Nintendo releasing the Nintendo Switch 2 in India. With the original Switch reportedly launching in India next year that would be around 10 years after it first released in March 2017.
This should be treated as a rumor until an official announcement is made.
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Ah so this is how Nintendo plans on hitting 160M!
It will help, though I'm not sure by how much. But if this is true it does mean Nintendo will keep the Switch in production for a few more years.
Although it is available on the grey market, being officially released will make it easier for more people to get a Switch. I live in Brazil and Nintendo didn't release the Switch here officially until 2020. Before that, we had the console beind sold in grey market, but starting from 2020, I've seen way more people having Switches. Let's not forget that India has wayyy more people now than during the PS2 era. More people, more kids, more potential Switch owners
Yeah I am not sure if that's going to move the needle that much overall considering after a decade on sale and at the height of its popularity the PS2 only sold around 900k in India or so.
5 of those years was also with the PS2 slim priced around Rs 8-9000. Also like the article mentioned, Switch has already been available via the grey market. So I wouldn't expect that much in the long run from this.
GDP per capita in India increased since then from less than $1000 to now over $2500, so there may be more of a market for consoles now than 20 years ago.
500k - 800k here we go!
makes perfect sense, Indian market has huge potential
I still think they should have released the Switch TV at this point. I'm sure they could have launched it at below 150$.
What is the number one gaming platform in India? I am guessing PC.
Android.
The Switch 1 is the best option for a easy way to introduce to India oficially, has many games, is already a good product, is cheap and the movie might help to rise Mario games there too.
I can see in the next 2 years finally introducing the Switch 2 to India once they got a good amount of fans and consumers.
I don't think this will realistically add more than 130-170K extra total sales, but anything is something - if Switch is to become the top selling console of all time.
Please, no... They can make bad games like they did on PS2... ;)
LOL really? What were those games?
The only Indian game I know is Raji, which was a very average game apparently 🤣
Assuming Switch sells to about 90% of the population, that’s 1.3 billion more Switch sales.
Much like Link on a crack binge, Nintendo is going to be rolling in rupees!
They should produce it locally to circumvent the high import taxes in India.
This will affect toilet sales
