Against the backdrop of the ongoing discussion about the pricing policy of the new Nintendo Switch 2 console, Nintendo for the first time officially commented on an increase in the cost of some of its future games. In particular, it was about the starting Title Mario Kart World, the price of which will be $ 79.99 – by $ 10 higher than the most expensive game of the previous generation of Switch.
Nintendo of America Vice President for Products and Experience Bill Treinen in an interview IGN He said that the cost of Mario Kart World is due to the volume of content and the scale of the project. According to him, the game will offer “the most rich experience in the series” and many hidden elements that players can find in the process of age. More information will be presented at a separate presentation dedicated to Mario Kart World.
Despite the high price, Nintendo offers the Switch 2 console set and games for $ 499.99, actually reducing the cost of the title to $ 50. However, this proposal is limited in time. The cost of $ 79.99 is also set for a number of other projects in the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition version, including Kirby and The Forgotten Land + Star Crossed World, Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Switch 2 Edition. In these versions, productivity is improved and new content has been added (there is no new content in Zelda, but integration with a mobile application has appeared).
At the same time, s already owning original Switch games are offered to the Switch 2 version for $ 9.99. Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack will gain access to some updates without additional payment.
Trinen noted that Nintendo evaluates each game individually, based on its contents and values for players. The company applies a similar approach to setting the price of the console itself – $ 449.99. He emphasized that price growth is associated not only with general inflation, but also with the need to introduce new technologies and functions present in Switch 2.
According to analysts, Nintendo continues to follow their own pricing policy, often setting higher prices compared to competitors, especially when entering the market later than the main players. A similar practice was observed even in the time of Nintendo 64, when its games were worth more than analogues on PlayStation.
