{"id":296249,"date":"2025-02-24T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=349448"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:20:07","slug":"what-will-be-the-price-of-switch-2-a-former-nintendo-employee-is-clear-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/what-will-be-the-price-of-switch-2-a-former-nintendo-employee-is-clear-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What will be the price of Switch 2? A former Nintendo employee is clear about it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The video game industry is awaiting a significant change with the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2, a console that promises not only to mobilize millions of players but also to shake the market as a whole. <strong>A crucial factor for the success of this new console is its price, which must be affordable for the vast community of gamers who have followed Nintendo over the years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nintendo Switch 2 \u2013 V\u00eddeo del primer vistazo\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PR5XF8O4AlA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>However, the exact price of the Switch 2 has generated a lot of speculation and confusion. Recently, <strong>a former Nintendo employee who participated in the sales and retail department stated on the Kit &amp; Krysta podcast that the prices often seen in stores are unfounded<\/strong>. According to this ex-employee, retail stores like Walmart do not have official information about the new device. &#8220;Nothing, nothing&#8230; certainly not the price, almost certainly no release date,&#8221; he commented, emphasizing that such speculations are, at best, misinterpretations.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Furukawa was explicit about it: many things need to be taken into account<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>As Nintendo prepares for the launch of its new console, Shuntaro Furukawa, the company&#8217;s president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/nintendo-promete-que-la-switch-2-tendra-un-precio-asequible-pero-que-consideran-asequible\">has indicated that inflation and the current economic environment are being taken into account<\/a>.<strong> This is crucial, as the success of the console will depend on its ability to be affordable, especially at a time when the global economy is facing significant challenges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>While concrete data about the price and release date remain uncertain, the gaming community eagerly awaits news. <strong>This outcome will not only shape the future of the Nintendo Switch 2, but it will also have a considerable impact on the strategy and products of other companies in the video game industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch Online\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0d8aa053-f44a-4256-ab5f-47f15b065e51\/1332576485\/nintendo-switch-online-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Nintendo Switch Online<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video game industry is awaiting a significant change with the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2, a console that promises not only to mobilize millions of players but also to shake up the market as a whole. A crucial factor for the success of this new console is its price, which must be affordable for the vast community of gamers who have followed Nintendo over the years. However, the exact price of the Switch 2 has generated much speculation and confusion. Recently, a former Nintendo employee who participated in the department [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":296261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[8589,1074,6141,4028,5470,4910,8590],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-296249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-kit-krysta","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-precio","tag-shuntaro-furukawa","tag-switch-2","tag-walmart","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309448,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296249\/revisions\/309448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296249"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=296249"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=296249"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=296249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}