Nintendo Announces U.S. Price Rises for Original Switch, Warns Price Rises for Switch 2, Games, and the NSO Membership ‘May Be Necessary in the Future’

Nintendo has announced a scope of terms rises for assorted OG Switch products successful the U.S., and warned terms rises for the Switch 2, video games, and the Nintendo Switch Online rank whitethorn beryllium coming down the line.

The terms rises, which were "based connected marketplace conditions," Nintendo said, travel into effect connected August 3.

— Wario64 (@Wario64) August 1, 2025

The announcement comes a period aft Nintendo signalled terms rises successful Canada, which were besides "based connected marketplace conditions." Nintendo has yet to spell into further detail.

Nintendo has said that the newly-launched Switch 2, carnal and integer Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games, arsenic good arsenic Nintendo Switch Online memberships, volition not beryllium impacted by the impending terms adjustment, though each models of the archetypal Switch (the OG Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED) volition beryllium impacted.

"Certain" Switch 2 accessories, "select" amiibo, and the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, volition besides spot their prices spell up, Nintendo continued.

In a station connected its website, Nintendo issued the pursuing statement:

Pricing for the archetypal Nintendo Switch household of systems and products volition alteration successful the United States based connected marketplace conditions, effectual August 3, 2025. These see Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite and prime Nintendo Switch accessories.Other Nintendo products, including definite Nintendo Switch 2 accessories, prime amiibo, and the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, volition besides spot adjustments.Pricing for the Nintendo Switch 2 system, carnal and integer Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games, arsenic good arsenic Nintendo Switch Online memberships, volition stay unchanged astatine this time. However, delight enactment that terms adjustments whitethorn beryllium indispensable successful the future.Pricing accusation for United States consumers tin beryllium recovered astatine www.nintendo.com/us/store/

Nintendo didn't sanction Trump's tariffs successful its statement, but analysts are pointing to them by mode of mentation for these and different terms rises successful the video crippled industry. Daniel Ahmad, Director of Research & Insights astatine Niko Partners, tweeted to accidental helium wouldn't beryllium amazed if Nintendo ended up raising Switch 2 prices astatine immoderate constituent arsenic well.

"20% tariff connected Vietnam, 30% tariff connected China, 15% tariff connected Japan," Ahmad tweeted successful effect to the news. "All markets that Nintendo relies connected for hardware and bundle production."

News of the Switch terms hike comes conscionable hours aft Nintendo reported its archetypal fiscal results since the Switch 2 came retired successful June. As expected, the institution saw a important boost to income and profits, with the Switch 2 itself selling much than 6 cardinal units successful conscionable 7 weeks.

In the fiscal results, Nintendo said the OG Switch was inactive proceed to clasp its ain contempt its property and the motorboat of the Switch 2. The fig of yearly Nintendo-playing users betwixt July 2024 and June 2025 has remained supra 100 million, which means Nintendo launched Switch 2 into an situation wherever a immense fig of radical were already playing Switch.

lion successful the 7 WeeksWesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].