Nintendo isn't ruling out a Switch price hike

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It looks like aౠ price increase for the Nintendo Switch isn't entire🗹ly off the cards, though it's unlikely to come anytime soon. 

Nintendo tackled the topic during a recent financial results briefing. While the gaming giant isn't planning on raising﷽ Switch prices at the momen⛄t, the situation is being monitored, and any decision on that will be carefully considered if Nintendo feels the option needs to be taken. 

, the move would represent a shift in how the games developer approached its consoles, with the previous stance being that Nintendo consoles are toys that kids also buy.

The comments from Nintendo come as other gaming giants tackle the question themselves. In August, Sony revealed that it would be 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:increasing the price of the PS5 globally, except in America. Microsoft, in turn, announced it 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:wouldn't be hiking Xbox prices in response, whereas 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo also confirmed that there were currently no plans 🔴to "change the price of our hardware due to inflation or increased procurement costs". That appears to be the case with Nintendo still, though what happens in the future seems more open-ended. 

Elsewhere in Nintendo's latest financial briefing, the gaming behemoth revealed that the 澳洲🌱幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nint⛄endo Switch is likely to come up short this year regarding sales targets, tho꧟ugh 114 million consoles haꦫve been sold.

The next big Nintendo Switch game is Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which is getting a huge marketing push with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:plenty of trailers ahead of release next week.

Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

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