The gaming public’s collective sticker shock following Nintendo’s reveal of the Switch 2 last week hasn’t faded, and the feeling will only get worse as the Japanese hardware maker adjusts the price for the American market’s tariffs. The biggest shock was with software, as the new console’s biggest games will sell for as much as $80.
While most of these prices reflect gaming’s new economic reality, players shouldn’t expect $80 games to be the new normal on all consoles, according to David Cole, founder of the gaming analyst firm DFC Intelligence.
