Though we knew all the way back in May that this was coming, the exact numbers remained a mystery for prospective Nintendo gamers in the UK. If you happen to have been living under a rock, let me fill you in. The price of the Switch 2 is set to go up next month. For those of you in the US, Canada, and EU, the exact amount has been known for a few months now, with the US getting the worst deal looking at percentage increase. You can find a reminder of these increases below:

• United States: $449.99 ➜ $499.99 (11% increase)
• Canada: CA$629.99 ➜ CA$679.99 (7% increase)
• Europe: €469.99 ➜ €499.99 (6% increase)

Nintendo have today confirmed the numbers for those of us in the UK, and they're not quite as bad as I was expecting.

• United Kingdom: £395.99 ➜ £419.99 (6% increase)

The numbers are relatively in line with what was announced for Canada and Europe, showing a 6% increase. As with other regions, these prices are set to come into effect from the 1st of September, giving you a little under two weeks if you're still on the fence about buying before it gets a touch more expensive.

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[Scarlet]

I don't know why so many people are surprised about price increases here, most of these were announced in May lol. It's just the UK one that's new.

 

[raxadian]

I waned to play duskbloods or whatever that fromsoft game is called and I think it's exclusive to Nintendo?

Most Non Nintendo exclusives tend to end on PC after a while.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Again?

This is the first increase. It's just they announced it like 4 months in advance.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Sure, but that is an USA problem, not the rest of the world. This price increases here are the result of the last 5 years of "AI" fever.

Not only that, but the Switch 2 system hasn't even been affected by the tariffs. It was Switch 1 and general Switch accessories by Nintendo that got an early price increase due to that.

 

[BlusterBong]

Nintendo pocketing the tariff refunds while keeping hardware prices inflated because we apparently bought them "voluntarily" is insane. They basically forced consumers to pay the tax, sued the government to get their money back, and now their double dipping on both ends?
Peak anti-consumer behavior much?

They never said that they would have refunded anyone due to tarrifs, neither did any company that also sued the government over tarrifs (and were ignored because they wern't Nintendo, oops.)

 

[Marc_LFD]

I don't know why so many people are surprised about price increases here, most of these were announced in May lol. It's just the UK one that's new.

Most retailers sell Switch 2's at £400ish as it is (with a game that is), but this isn't making things any better as there's currently not that many exclusives worth playing right now. Even Mario Tennis Fever is kind of a downgrade compared to Aces, who in their right mind decided to get rid of the jungle court that looks beautiful...

 

[Ambers_Crimson_8K]

Good Riddance, and the UK has been changing a lot of laws and restrictions that is bad for gaming as a whole, this is nothing new with them.
It's if they have secret vendetta against gamers and gaming.
But as far as the Switch 2 goes, I love to see it fail...

I want Nintendo to start competing against and give us real graphical masterpieces.

Zelda, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, etc...all deserve better!

I would love to see a Mario, Wario, or Luigi Mansion game on the same fidelity levels as Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart.

I would love to see a Mario Kart, keeping it's animated Art Style, but with damn near Pixar Graphics in Real-Time with Mario Universe living environments.

I would love to see Zelda, get that Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West treatment, with a full living open world of Hyrule. And be completely voiced acted.

Pokemon living world, on the levels of Palword and Aniimo...

I mean damn! That would be incredible!

A girl could only dream to get this type of production out of Nintendo before, I just give up on them all together.

I stopped at Switch 1, and won't support the Switch 2 aka the so-called cancelled pro rebranded.

For the cost of their systems and games, and those terrible subscriptions for N-Online.

Their loyal fanbase deserves better, even though they refuse to speak with their wallets and demand it.

 

[raxadian]

This is the first increase. It's just they announced it like 4 months in advance.

First increase on the console, thry did raise game prices.

 

[ChronosNotashi]

I don't know why so many people are surprised about price increases here, most of these were announced in May lol. It's just the UK one that's new.

Eh, it's mostly the usual grifters and anti-Nintendo personalities that are acting like it's a huge deal. The rest of us were already prepared for the changes, and watched the other three (yes, three - I'm counting Valve and their stupidly-overpriced hardware, too) individually do worse.

Yes, even with the UK prices revealed, Sony, Microsoft, and Valve are still worse value price-wise (especially when compared to similarly-spec'd PCs). Yet Nintendo is seen as the ONLY greedy one, for whatever godforsaken reason people have chosen that specific hill to die on.

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First increase on the console, thry did raise game prices.

Not really. It's only Mario Kart World and the upcoming Fire Emblem that have been higher-priced so far. The rest have more or less been within current expectations of the AAA market (until GTA 6 drops and normalizes USD $80/$100+ AAA "code-in-a-box" games while people still treat Nintendo as the only greedy/"evil" company). And Nintendo's games have even become cheaper digitally since the new Yoshi game, since the cost of physical production is no longer being factored into Nintendo's digital pricing (much to the annoyance of physical retailers like GameStop, Wal-Mart, Amazon, and the like).

Something you can't really say for, say, Sony's more recent offerings, which have the same base retail prices (i.e. the price when not factoring in sales/retailer discounts) regardless of what form you buy them in. (Ex: Marvel's Wolverine, a PS5 exclusive, is going to be USD $69.99 each for both physical and digital, and is published by Sony; it would've likely been $69.99 physical/$59.99 digital - or close to that, depending on Blu-Ray disc costs - under Nintendo's current pricing structure.)

 

[Mayo1990]

Given the circumstance... this is not that bad tbh

Now, about that 800 bucks Steam Deck...

 

[Osha]

I don't know why so many people are surprised about price increases here, most of these were announced in May lol. It's just the UK one that's new.

Much easier to say "Nintendo bad" than it is to look for the actual cause even though it's been the central topic of discussion around anything electronics-related.

 

[raxadian]

It's only Mario Kart World

If you count Day One DLC Yikes!

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Much easier to say "Nintendo bad" than it is to look for the actual cause even though it's been the central topic of discussion around anything electronics-related.

I mean... this forum was founded on pirating Nintendo games. That was literally the original intent of the site. Of course people are going to attack Nintendo over all else.

 

[BlusterBong]

If you count Day One DLC Yikes!

can you point to the Mario Kart World Day one DLC?

 

[Viri]

It feels more like the Wii U or other failed systems where they abandon it and move on to the next idea.

No it doesn't.

 

[ChronosNotashi]

If you count Day One DLC Yikes!

What DLC? You mean the occasional free updates that they've been doing since the game's release? Those aren't DLC, and Mario Kart World has never had Day 1 DLC. It doesn't even have any pre-order content that isn't just physical goodies only distributed in Japan.

You must be confusing it for Sonic Racing Crossworlds, which did have Day One DLC. I don't blame you, though. All grifters and anti-Nintendo propagandists make that mistake at least once. You're so focused on the grifting and hating that literally everything seems like something Nintendo is directly responsible for.

 

[K3Nv4]

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Though we knew all the way back in May that this was coming, the exact numbers remained a mystery for prospective Nintendo gamers in the UK. If you happen to have been living under a rock, let me fill you in. The price of the Switch 2 is set to go up next month. For those of you in the US, Canada, and EU, the exact amount has been known for a few months now, with the US getting the worst deal looking at percentage increase. You can find a reminder of these increases below:

• United States: $449.99 ➜ $499.99 (11% increase)
• Canada: CA$629.99 ➜ CA$679.99 (7% increase)
• Europe: €469.99 ➜ €499.99 (6% increase)

Nintendo have today confirmed the numbers for those of us in the UK, and they're not quite as bad as I was expecting.

• United Kingdom: £395.99 ➜ £419.99 (6% increase)

The numbers are relatively in line with what was announced for Canada and Europe, showing a 6% increase. As with other regions, these prices are set to come into effect from the 1st of September, giving you a little under two weeks if you're still on the fence about buying before it gets a touch more expensive.

Source

Apparently, The Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 23.68 million units worldwide as of June 30, 2026. So I doubt the price hike is really going to stop units moving people will just complain and buy perusal.