After months of speculation, Nintendo has announced a price increase for the Switch 2, which will have detrimental effects on the leaked remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
The ongoing hardware price crisis has led video game companies to raise the prices of their hardware, with both Sony and Microsoft jacking up the cost of their consoles. Nintendo has already done this with the old Switch, but the Switch 2 was spared during its first year, remaining at the price revealed at launch.
Nintendo has released its latest financial report, which contained some bad news: the price of the Switch 2 is going up worldwide. The official Nintendo Japan website has cited "changes in market conditions" as the reason, but at least some fans who are still on the fence will have time to buy it at its current price.
Nintendo Switch 2 Price Increase Coming September 2026
The price increase for the Nintendo Switch 2 will go into effect on May 25, but only in Japan. For the rest of the world, the price for the Nintendo Switch 2 goes up on September 1, 2026, and will cost $499 in the United States of America, and...
