For technology enth💎usiast that stay on top of ARM/mobile processor trends, Switch's price increase isn't shocking at all. I don't know what kind of deal Nintendo has with Nvidia for the new processors, but Tegra T239 SoCs costs estimates are 4 or 5x higher than the Tegra X1, and Nintendo in 2020 was spending $40-ish per Tegra X1. Even if Nintendo got a great deal and are paying only $160 per Tegra T239, the cost ๊of the processor is $120 more than Nintendo was paying for the X1. Nintendo also invested in faster storage and SD Express technology, faster wifi, more tech in the cons, in the dock...

Like I know y'all are gamers and can be finicky about prices, thinking𒈔 that $150 is just "too much"🅺 of a price increase because "gaming" but the tech going into the Switch 2 has costs in 2025 that didn't exist 10+ years ago when the Tegra X1 was considered bleeding edge for ARM. And some technologies just have a minimum cost of production.

We've seen "base" flagship smartphones go from $300-400, to $500-700, to $900-1100 in the span of 10 years, and those price increases are largely to do with the rising cost of processors and other tech that was considered the bleeding edge o🎶f mobile tech.

To anyone that's kept their eyes on ARM technology and pricing over the years, Nintendo's "dramatic price increase" isꦬ just par for the course.