Despite all this success, Nintendo has still lowered its expectations for the Switch 2. Over the next year the estimate has been reduced from 19.86 million new sales to 16.5 million, which is no small drop. Although the price increases—especially the far more significant rises in Japan—will likely make up for a big chunk of the expecting income.

The Switch 2 price hike follows similar increases in the prices of other game consoles and consumer electronic devices in the past few months.

Nintendo has trumpeted the results of its controversial decision to sell Game Boy Advance titles Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen via the eShop for $20 each.

Nintendo said the price of the Switch 2 in the U.S. will rise from $449.99 to $499.99. In Japan, Nintendo will hike the price from 49,980 yen to 59,980 yen.

Nintendo foresees Switch 2 hardware sales declining during the system's second year of availability--an unusual development for successful games systems. This comes as the hybrid console has already sold almost 20 million units in 10 months,

Pokémon Pokopia, released in March 2026, boosted Switch 2 hardware sales at the end of the fiscal year, bringing total units sold to 19.86 million. Switch 2 software sales reached 48.71 million units. Among first-party titles, Mario Kart World, released alongside the hardware, sold 14.7 million units, including bundled copies.

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