Summary

  • Nintendo Switch is charging $80 for some of its first-party Switch 2 games.
  • However, early listings at third-party retailers suggest others won't be following its lead.
  • Donky Kong Bananza, which will be 80 euros when bought through Nintendo, is being listed for 60 euros in other places.

There have been a lot of talking points coming out of Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct, chief among them how much it plans to charge for the new console's games. While some titles will be $70, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ไothers, including Mario Kart World♈, will be $80, possibly even as muchꦦ as $90 if you 👍want a physical copy. However, early listings suggest some third-party retailers won't be following Nintendo's lead.

Even though you can't pre-order Switch 2's revealed games yet, listings are starting to pop up. shared screenshots of listings for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong Bananza and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tears Of The Kingdom's Switch 2 editions in Europe, both of which have been priced at 60 euros. That's d𓂃espite Nintendo reportedly putting an 80 euro price ta🐽g on its upcoming DK game when bought directly from the Nintendo store.

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Tears Of The Kingdom's Switch 2 edition will reportedly be on♊e of three upgraded Switch games that will cost $80 in the US, along with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Kirby and the Forgotten Land and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Mario Party Jamboree. Even if, along with Bananza, Nintendo plans to try and sell those upgraded games for 80 euros in Europe, a drop to 60 euros when bought through a third-party retailer is quit♋e the discount.

Nintendo Will Charge $80 For Some Of Its First-Party Switch 2 Games

But That Doesn't Mean Everybody Else Will

as hoped EU retailers are not following suggested retail price Nintendo list DK physical as 80 Euros. Retailers are starting to list games at 60 instead —

Nintendo doesn't appear to have revealed how much its newly revealed Switch 2 games are going to cost in the UK yet, but that hasn't stopped for all four of the OG Switch games confirmed to be getting Switch 2 upgrades. All of them have been priced at £66.99 by the retailer which, as it stands,ౠ feels like less than Nintendo will be charging. At the very least, the $80 will likely be £69.99, though that naturally can't be confirmed until Nintendo reveals its pricing plans.

ShopTo appears to be the only major UK retailer with listings for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart World and Bananaza alrea🐽dy live, and while the site is known for selling new games for less, it too seems to have looked at Nintendo's Switch 2 game prices and decided to go in a different direction. ShopTo is selling , and .

Nintendo is clearly seeing what it can get away with here, but it's still a little shocking to see it leapfrog the $70 threshold that became an industry standard midway through the Switch's run. Nintendo only gave in to temptation once on the original Switch, bumping the price up to $70 for Tears of the Kingdom and no𓃲thing else. To breeze right past that and go straight to $80 for some games, and maybe even $90, will really test what people are willing to pay for Nint☂endo's top-tier first-party games.

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