Console prices are a real point of contention as pretty much all of them have reached a point where they're unaffordable for large groups of gamers who would otherwise buy them, no questions asked. Even Nintendo couldn't avoid the rising prices when determining the MSRP of the Switch 2,🐼 and Nintendo's president has addressed concerns that the cost has cut off younger 🍸gamers.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about younger Nintendo fans missing out on the Switch 2 due to its high price at a recent shareholders meeting (via ). "It is true that the Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive than previous game consoles. We are creating various opportunities for young child🍒ren to experience Nintendo characters and the world of games outside of game consoles," Furukawa replied, translated via machine translation.

Even though Furukawa's 𒅌advice is to go experience Nintendo elsewhere if you can't afford a Switch 2, he did add that Nintendo's ultimate goal is to get people playing its games on its consoles. It is "paying close attention to how much of a hurdle the price of the game console will be."

Nintendo Will Be Watching Closely As It Assesses The Cost Of A Switch 2

Elements Elsewhere Suggest It Won't Be Dropping Any Time Soon, Though

That's a pretty promising way to sign off for those of you who are hoping the Switch 2's price drops sooner rather than later. However, what's going on outside of the comments made in this week's shareholders meeting suggests a Switch 2 price cut is still a long way off. Earlier this week, it was revealed that, despite a newer, more powerful Nintendo console replacing it last month, the price of the original Switch will be going up in𒉰 Canada.

Nintendo also accidentally revealed how many Switch 2s it has sold during the console's first month, and it's hardly struggling. 16꧂8澳洲幸运5开奖网:It has already sold 5.4 million Swiꦕtch 2s. Not only does that make it the fastest-selling console ever, but that's twice as many sold as the original Switch d𓆏uring its debut month, a console that has gone on to sell more thaꦜn 150 million units.

Most of the 5.4 million early Switch 2 adopters aren't the young gamers Furukawa is referencing, though. T𝔉hey're the tens of millions that have been playing Switch games for the last five years because Nintendo's last-gen console was a lot more affordable. That will be why Nintendo needs to monitor the Switch 2's price closely, as even though it's off to an incredible start, those sales will plateau much faster if that price doesn't eventually drop.