Yeah I’m not in it at either price point. I’ll for once be a patient gamer and wait until it’s reasonable or I’ll skip this one. I’m betting there’s lots like us.
Comment on Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I wasn’t even going to pay $449, let alone $600. I figured it would have been somewhere between $300-400, with 400 being on the high end of reasonable.
$449 I would have waited a bit. But $600??? I get it’s because of tarrifs, but that’s really going to hurt the systems long term sales numbers the same way covid hurt PS5’s lifetime sales numbers.
kmartburrito@lemmy.world 1 week ago
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
[deleted]Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There is the used games market, if you are willing to engage with it, though that does need you to be really patient.
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The games don’t drop in price, but the consoles do. There’s even a chance the price could go down for the holiday season, even if it’s something miniscule. This launch price is the early adopter tax.
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Tip: The price comes down If Trump gets impeached.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oh good. That means it should already be 2X lower then, right?
EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can hope there will be a sudden price drop in about 5 years…
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
hehe prices only drop temporarily for sales
venoft@lemmy.world 1 week ago
New PS5’s and other consoles will also get way more expensive. So relatively the switch is still the same price at 600, compared to everything else.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Until MY pay goes up, that just means everything is more expensive, and I won’t be buying new things.
dota__2@lemmy.world 1 week ago
thing is ps6 and whatever god forsaken name they come up for the next xbox are still multiple years out, no?
venoft@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Tariffs are not just for new products (new models). As soon as the current ps5 stock of a retailer is gone, they have to order new ones and pay a tariff. Then they make it more expensive for the consumer.
lets say Walmart now sells a ps5 for $400, but in a month they have to order new ones, from China. The order is more expensive than the one last month, so they pay like 40% more. Walmart will now sell the ps5 for about $560 to you.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I’m honestly surprised they haven’t jacked up the prices already! Partly because Capitalism^TM — but also because I fully expect for big retailers like Walmart to have 30-90 day payment terms with vendors, and some of those invoices potentially being subject to these tariffs.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 week ago
…stop being right! I got angry reading that, but when I clicked reply to yell at you, I realized it was all emotional backlash on my end. I couldn’t formulate a thought process to show why you’re wrong. Because you’re not wrong. I just hate that you’re right!