{"id":632663,"date":"2026-05-09T10:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632663\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:24:08","slug":"nintendo-president-apologizes-for-switch-2-price-increase-promises-robust-software-lineup-to-make-up-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632663\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo president apologizes for Switch 2 price increase, promises &#8220;robust software lineup&#8221; to make up for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Switch-2-price-increase-apology-software-lineup.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Switch-2-price-increase-apology-software-lineup-656x369.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has commented on the company\u2019s plans moving forward in light of today\u2019s price increase announcement for Switch 2.<\/p>\n<p>The company intends to raise the console\u2019s price worldwide. For example, in the U.S., it\u2019ll be going up by $50. Price changes will be going into effect mostly in September, though it\u2019ll be happening as early as this month in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a financial results briefing, Furukawa <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ninpatentswatch.bsky.social\/post\/3mlewl3kwm224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> Nintendo \u201cwill prepare a robust software lineup to enhance the Switch 2 ownership value. We will work diligently to overcome this barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furukawa also apologized to consumers for the price increase. His additional comments are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely apologize to our customers for the considerable inconvenience and trouble this will cause. While we wanted to prioritize a wide adoption, it was challenging to bear the rising costs over a long period. The [new] pricing does not fully account for all cost increases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for why the second year forecast for Nintendo Switch 2 is lower than the first, he noted:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to efforts to strengthen our supply chain [\u2026] the 1st year sales reached an unprecedented level. The demand in the 2nd year is firm, and we believe that the adoption of Switch 2 is progressing smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering about all of the worldwide price changes for Nintendo Switch 2, we\u2019ve got you covered <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-announces-switch-2-price-increase-going-into-effect-worldwide\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. This even includes additional cost increases for Japan, including Nintendo Switch Online.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has commented on the company\u2019s plans moving forward in light of today\u2019s price increase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[145597,74,1867],"class_list":["post-632663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-shuntaro-furukawa","tag-technology","tag-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}