Nintendo, which unveiled the outcomes of the primary half of its fiscal yr 2027 earlier as we speak, has now stated it has entry to sufficient portions of reminiscence to fabricate extra Swap 2 consoles.
Consequently, the platform holder doesn’t plan to extend the worth of the Swap 2. That is in accordance with Reuters, citing Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa.
Nintendo, which has to date offered 26m Swap 2 consoles, has already raised the worth of the console earlier this yr. The worth hikes, which took impact on 1st September within the US, Canada, Japan and Europe, noticed the console’s value improve by $50 / €30 / ¥10,000. Though that was technically the primary value hike for the console itself, previous to the Swap 2’s launch final yr, Nintendo raised the worth of Swap 2 equipment within the US because of the Trump Administration’s tariffs.
The rationale that may trigger Nintendo to boost costs once more is similar that already prompted rival PlayStation and Xbox to take action: AI-driven, international reminiscence and storage shortages.
PlayStation already raised PS5 and PS5 Professional costs, on a number of events. Xbox has likewise gone by means of a number of rounds of value hikes for its Sequence X and Sequence S consoles, with the latest having taken place in August.
That very same disaster pushed certainly one of Nintendo’s longtime ROM suppliers to exit the enterprise, opting as a substitute to concentrate on the extra profitable enterprise segments. ROM reminiscence is utilized in Swap cartridges, although Nintendo hasn’t commented on the information.
By the way, Swap 2 {hardware} gross sales have been in decline for a number of quarters now in comparison with its banner launch in 2025. Nonetheless, Swap 2 gross sales are monitoring forward of the Swap 1.