After withdrawing from the Turkish market due to the country's financial instability, Nintendo finally reenters the scene to sell its Switch system and assorted peripherals in the country. They're doing this through the company CD Media, an entertainment software/hardware distribution and localization company, serving peripheral manufacturers and publishers, based in Athens Greece. While consumers are generally enthusiastic at the prospect of Nintendo's presence returning to the market where it's been missed, the stated prices for the system, games, and peripherals will be relatively more expensive than they are elsewhere. From the Turkish games retailer OverGame's online storefront come the prices listed below:

• Nintendo Switch Neon Red and Blue: 2,399 TL (USD $495 / £377)
• Nintendo Switch Gray: $ 2,399 (USD $495 / £377)
• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Binary Gray 559 TL (USD $115 / £87)
• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Binary Neon Red and Blue 559 TL (USD $115 / £87)
• Nintendo Switch Pro Controller 499 TL (USD $102 / £78)
• Super Mario Odyssey: 379 TL (USD $78 / £60)
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 329 TL (USD $68 / £52)

This means that the Switch system itself is to be 1.65 times as expensive, the joycon sets ~1.44 times, and the pro controller ~1.46 times. This price hike makes less sense when you take into account the countries general financial struggles, and is evidently much more expensive than was predicted.

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[Glitchk0ud1001]

Hey look the Mexican Price for the Switch

 

[Song of storms]

How much of that price is taxes?

 

[nachuz]

Latin America prices

 

[MasterJ360]

and how much are the games? near $80? jeeez they could use a sx os

 

[Shadow#1]

hope it does not go fowl

 

[ExploitJunkie]

Still relatively cheap considering how bad it was when the switch first launched and scalpers where charging a lot more than this. I remember seeing some units selling for $1000USD on amazon from private sellers scalpers.

 

[Viri]

I see Nintendo is punishing Turkey over 1453

 

[Deleted User]

smh, and people attacked me about not having a valid statement regarding piracy being beneficial in countries where the prices for games are extremely bloated



who's laughing now?

 

[Song of storms]

smh, and people attacked me about not having a valid statement regarding piracy being beneficial in countries where the prices for games are extremely bloated



who's laughing now?

Good luck finding developers willing to translate into languages for countries with a high risk of piracy like Turkey. Only 17% of them speak English.

 

[raphamotta]

In Brazil is like $500 or more too...

 

[SkittleDash]

You know, people who pirate games in countries that have outrageous pricing is justified in my opinion. If I were them, I'd do it without shame.

 

[guily6669]

only for the rich, hope they all pirate everything and make a new tracker server every single day .

 

[Spoda]

Rip off.

 

[Xabring]

that's slighly more or less what it cost on México on a bad day.

 

[BlueFox gui]

Good luck finding developers willing to translate into languages for countries with a high risk of piracy like Turkey. Only 17% of them speak English.

just do like me when i was a kid, play all the games without understand english and play again the ones you most like when you learn some english

 

[Xzi]

Remember: Turkey is under rule of an unstable dictator who slaughters anybody in his country who uses any kind of psychedelics/drugs. Under those circumstances I'm surprised it doesn't cost more.

 

[Bimmel]

I would Switch this country for a better one immediately.

1.000 USD? That's a damn lot. And think of the legit games you want to play online. :-(

 

[kumikochan]

Good luck finding developers willing to translate into languages for countries with a high risk of piracy like Turkey. Only 17% of them speak English.

What are you talking about. I been to Turkey, everybody speaks english over there.

 

[Axido]

Remember: Turkey is under rule of an unstable dictator who slaughters anybody in his country who uses any kind of psychedelics/drugs. Under those circumstances I'm surprised it doesn't cost more.

In which regard exactly are those two things connected? Not that I would like that guy, but if you just want to discredit a person, please do it with more thought put into it... Or better just don't do it at all. This is gonna start a rather toxic discussion if someone gets triggered by that. And that's actually something we got enough of already.