{"id":688238,"date":"2025-08-25T23:38:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/nintendo-wont-increase-cost-of-switch"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:38:22","slug":"nintendo-reaffirms-it-has-no-plans-to-increase-switch-cost-following-ps5-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-reaffirms-it-has-no-plans-to-increase-switch-cost-following-ps5-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo reaffirms it has no plans to increase Switch cost following PS5 price hike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After Sony<\/strong> recently announced it is raising the price of the PS5, Nintendo<\/strong> has reaffirmed that it has no plans to do the same with the Switch.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Sony announced the PS5 is getting more expensive<\/a> pretty much everywhere in the world bar the US, going up by £30 in the UK. In response to that, Microsoft confirmed it wouldn’t raise the price<\/a> of the Xbox Series X or S. Now, in a statement to Eurogamer<\/a>, Nintendo confirmed that it too has “no plans” to increase the cost of the Switch. <\/p>\n

The statement reaffirmed comments made by Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa in June at the 82nd annual general meeting of shareholders, saying “”‘While we cannot comment on pricing strategies, we currently do not have any plans to change the price of our hardware due to inflation or increased procurement costs in each country. We will determine our future pricing strategies through careful and continued deliberations.'”<\/p>\n

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After Sony recently announced it is raising the price of the PS5, Nintendo has reaffirmed that it has no plans to do the same with the Switch. Earlier this week, Sony announced the PS5 is getting more expensive pretty much everywhere in the world bar the US, going up by £30 in the UK. In response to that, Microsoft confirmed it wouldn’t raise the price of the Xbox Series X or S. Now, in a statement to Eurogamer, Nintendo confirmed that it too has “no plans” to increase the cost of the Switch. The statement reaffirmed comments made by Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa in June at the 82nd annual general meeting of shareholders, saying “”‘While we cannot comment on pricing strategies, we currently do not…<\/p>\n

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