{"id":350824,"date":"2025-10-23T00:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2167675"},"modified":"2025-10-23T00:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:50:50","slug":"nintendo-has-no-plans-for-switch-price-drop-outside-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-has-no-plans-for-switch-price-drop-outside-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo has no plans for Switch price drop outside Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nintendo-has-no-plans-for-switch-price-drop-outside-europe.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo won&#8217;t extend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-13-nintendo-cuts-price-of-base-switch-model\">its European Switch price cut<\/a> to the US, the company has confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephentotilo\/status\/1437860462331416576\">Axios Gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Nintendo reduced the price of the original Nintendo Switch by \u00a320, down to \u00a3259 in the UK and &#8364;269 in mainland Europe. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Eurogamer at the time, Nintendo UK said the change was &#8220;due to currency exchange rates&#8221; as well as the impending 8th October arrival of the Switch&#8217;s new OLED model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-15-nintendo-has-no-plans-for-switch-price-drop-outside-europe\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-15-nintendo-has-no-plans-for-switch-price-drop-outside-europe\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo won&#8217;t extend its European Switch price cut to the US, the company has confirmed to Axios Gaming. 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