Replace: Retailers like Target are already implementing the brand new elevated costs. Swap OLED now retails for $399.99 (previously $349.99), the usual mannequin is now $339.99 (previously $299.99), and the Swap Lite is now $229.99 (previously $199.99).
Authentic story:
Nintendo introduced this morning that quite a few its merchandise’ costs are altering starting August 3. Particularly, the OLED Swap mannequin, customary Swap mannequin, Swap Lite, Swap equipment, sure Swap 2 equipment, some Amiibo, and Alarmo will likely be receiving value modifications.
In its assertion, which you can read in full here, Nintendo by no means particularly says costs will go up, however it’s secure to imagine that would be the case. If the costs have been taking place, the announcement would have been celebratory and possibly appeared on the Nintendo Today app. It would not have been a no-frills submit buried on its information web site.
Nevertheless, the assertion does specify that the Swap 2 console, bodily and digital Swap and Swap 2 video games, and Nintendo Swap On-line memberships will all stay constant “right now.” That is excellent news provided that Nintendo had already raised the prices of Switch 2 accessories earlier than taking pre-orders within the US because of the financial surroundings stemming from US tariffs.
The value adjustment information comes on the heels of Nintendo sharing a separate three-month earnings report statement. In it, Nintendo reiterated that it had bought 3.5 million Swap 2 models within the 4 days following the launch, and has reached over 6 million units within the seven weeks after launch day. Mario Kart World has already bought 5.63 million models. Although talked about in its report as one among Swap 2’s launch video games, Welcome Tour’s gross sales numbers weren’t specified.