Nintendo says it’s not planning another Switch 2 price hike

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/257769_Switch_2_AKrales_0175.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said during the company's latest earnings call that it's "not considering additional changes" to the Switch 2's price, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/sony-posts-45-q2-profit-rise-beating-estimates-2026-11-05/"><em>Reuters</em></a> reports. The Switch 2 got a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/926606/nintendo-switch-2-price-hikes-earnings-results">$50 price hike</a> earlier this year, bringing its starting price up to $499. Nintendo said in Thursday's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1027339/nintendo-game-sales-earnings-switch-2-demand-soft">earnings report</a> that Switch 2 sales have dropped 37.4 percent year-over-year.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to <em>Reuters</em>, Furukawa also gave an update on the RAM shortage, saying, "There has been no major change to the memory situation and Nintendo is in a position to secure sufficient quantities."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this week, one of Nintendo's Switch 2 cartridge suppliers announced …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/1027757/nintendo-switch-2-price-hike-plans-ram">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>