We’re finally getting to order our Switch 2’s. Well, pre-order them. We’re also finally settled on a price and, as it turned out, it was the price we knew all along anyway.
So, for now, it’s the $450/$500 situation. That price won’t change through the release on July 5th. Although given how quickly things have changed over the past few weeks, something drastic could actually happen, but I don’t really wanna do that for now. I think it’ll remain the same up to that point. When that supply, however, is exhausted, the price for the next stock coming over could likely be different. It won’t be a lower price, but it might be higher.
You face a choice right now if you are looking to get a Switch 2. You have to understand that the $450/$500 options will be the choice from here on out. Tariffs or not, that’s the base price. It will never go lower, outside of used units or a sale a good long year or so into the life of the system. If you want to wait until the fall or until more games are out for it you’d like to play, there’s a risk that the price will increase. It all depends on the word of the year, and I’ve said it before – tariffs.
I can’t actually predict the future but I can tell you the scalper market is going to go NUTS with this. Ebay will be flooded with pre-order sales and unit sales and the prices will be exactly what you expect – STUPID.
Still, I think I’m gonna try for it. At the very least try and secure a pre-order and then that’ll give me time to decide if I really want to do this or not. And if you’re going to try for it too on the 24th, well…may the odds be ever in your favor.
I wonder what the baseline game costs will be by the time we get a new Splinter Cell. Ubisoft, it has been 4,262 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.
Also, there’s been 1,713 job losses in the gaming industry since January 1, 2025.
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