Oh wow, so here’s the scoop I picked up over my morning coffee. Nintendo’s got something brewing – they’re tinkering with the prices of their Switch stuff over in Canada. Yeah, the good old regular Switch, that flashy OLED one, and the dinky little Switch Lite – they’re all caught up in this price shuffle. And let’s not forget about the games and those Amiibo figurines that are basically plastic gold, plus the Nintendo Switch Online thingamajig.
Nintendo’s keeping mum on the date for when this all rolls out, no big diary circle just yet. But they did say come August 1, you’ll see the new tags on their official Canadian corner of the internet. “Market conditions,” they say. What does that even mean? Inflation bugs or some cargo traffic jam? I have no idea. They’re suspiciously hush-hush on whether prices are climbing or diving, but you know, they warned us. Feels like a heads-up for a price hike, right?
As I’m typing this, the regular Switch stands firm at CAD $399, OLED’s a little heftier at CAD $449, and the Lite’s saving wallets at CAD $259. If we squint at what’s happening around the globe, a little 5 to 10% bump isn’t off the table. But hey, that’s just me shooting in the dark.
Remember the last drama back in April? Nintendo pointed fingers at chaotic market vibes and delayed the Switch 2 pre-orders in the U.S. and Canada. Had something to do with trade maze stuff and, ugh, tariffs. Or at least that’s what they said then. Somehow, they still managed to roll out the Switch 2 on June 5, like some miracle amidst the chaos.
Oh, and if you’re eyeing the Switch 2, good news: it dodges this pricing roller coaster. It’s got that whopping 7.9-inch screen and turbo-charged guts – no wonder it’s vanishing off shelves like hotcakes, 3.5 million sold in a blink of an eye.
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