Nintendo Has No Plans for Another Switch 2 Price Hike
Nintendo isn't considering another price increase for the Switch 2, at least for now.
Why am I seeing this Ranked on corroboration — 2 independent outlets
2 independent outlets carried this — The Verge and TechPowerUp. Agreement across newsrooms that do not share an owner is the strongest thing we can measure, so it carries the most weight.
StandardStandard, because two or more independent orgs carry it, the subject was identified from the text, and it scores 0.66 against a bar of 0.50.
| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.61 | +0.215 33% | 2 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: The Verge and TechPowerUp. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.82 | +0.204 31% | The Verge is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.18 | +0.037 6% | The sources carry no usable publish times, so the rate could not be measured from them directly. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.99 | +0.199 30% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
Corroboration counts distinct organisations, once each, and only from tiers 1 and 2. Freshness halves every 10 hours, so this ranking is a snapshot and will differ at the next build.
What happened
Nintendo isn't considering another price increase for the Switch 2, at least for now. Speaking at the company's financial results briefing on November 5, president Shuntaro Furukawa said there hasn't been any major change in the memory situation and that Nintendo is still able to secure "sufficient quantities," according to Reuters. That's welcome news for anyone still on the fence, since the console has already gone up once this year. Nintendo announced a $50 price hike back in May, which took the US price from $449.99 to $499.99 on September 1, while the Japanese model went from ¥49,980 to ¥59,980 and the European My Nintendo Store price climbed from €469.99 to €499.99. The comments seem to arrive as Switch 2 hardware sales are slowing down.
How this story arrived
Ordered by when each source was first observed, which is what the velocity figure is computed from. Publishers backdate; observed order does not.
- 01 Theverge first seen Nintendo says it’s not planning another Switch 2 price hike
- 02 Techpowerup +2.9h Nintendo Has No Plans for Another Switch 2 Price Hike
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