While it less Nintendo and more the retailers themselves, there’s been a little shift in the cost of Nintendo Switch games ahead of the release date in March with a number of stores kicking off the competition with a price drop in the UK. It’s only Argos and Amazon that have brought their prices down at the time of writing, but it’s a positive change for anyone looking to pre-order the upcoming super console.
When the Nintendo Switch price was officially announced at the January presentation in Tokyo, launch games were listed by retailers a little higher than we’re used to paying, which resulted in a bit of bad feeling from loyal Nintendo fans. The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild started out at £59.99, and it’s still listed for that price on a number of retail sites, but on both Amazon and Argos it’s now down to £49.99. It’s still a tenner more expensive than the Wii U version of the game, but it’s definitely an improvement, especially as you can play it on the move with the Nintendo Direct in hand-held mode.
The other two launch games have had a similar price drop with 1-2-Switch going from £39.99 to £34.99 and Super Bomberman R going from £59.99 to £49.99, although the latter is a little illusive in stores at the moment. Game has yet to change its prices as of yet, so it’ll be interesting to see whether or not it follows suit as we get closer to the UK release date.
The price for the console remains the same across the board at £279.99, but with the three launch games getting a price drop it brings down the overall cost of gaming on the system. Instead of paying £439 for the entire suite of launch games and the console, it’ll now cost £414, saving you £25 quid. It probably also means that future releases like Super Mario Odyssey and Skyrim will be getting the more reasonable £49.99 price tag too.
There’s no word as of yet, but we’ll be very surprised if there isn’t a Nintendo Switch console price drops as we start to get further into the year. This won’t come in time for the March release date, but with the Xbox Project Scorpio planned for winter 2017, we’re expecting Nintendo to throw in a curve ball or two in time for Christmas in a bid to compete and replicate the success of the Wii.
The new console is getting a lot of attention from the press at the moment with a lot of speculation about whether the console will be a success, so it’s going to be interesting to see how it all shakes out. The unconventional release date of the 3rd March 2017 could go on to be a clever move on Nintendo’s part. If die-hard fans buy the console at launch in high enough volumes, it might just allow it to bring down the price of the console just in time for Christmas, so maybe the question is what PlayStation and Xbox are going to do with a resurgent Nintendo.
