Switch 2 kostet ab 1. September 499 Dollar — die letzten Regionalpreise stehen

Nintendo's Switch 2 price revision takes effect on September 1, and the part that was still open when it was announced has now closed. The company's official notice, posted on May 7, raised the US MSRP from $449.99 to $499.99 from that date and said Latin American pricing would follow later. It followed this week: Nintendo told Mexican media and creators that the console moves from 13,599 to 13,999 pesos, also on September 1.

What is actually changing

• Nintendo Switch 2 in the US: $449.99 → $499.99, effective September 1, 2026.
• Nintendo Switch 2 in Mexico: 13,599 → 13,999 pesos, same date, confirmed this week.
• The original Nintendo Switch is not affected — Nintendo's notice says its pricing is unchanged.
• Accessories and Nintendo Switch Online keep their current prices in Mexico, per Nintenderos; bundles that include software may move proportionally.

Nintendo's public wording is the same in both markets and deliberately vague: the increase reflects "various changes in market conditions, which are expected to extend over the medium to long term." The Mexican statement adds that the decision was not taken quickly and that the company tried to hold prices stable as long as it could, per Expansión and El Financiero.

Why a console gets more expensive mid-generation

The unusual part is the direction. Console pricing normally drifts down across a generation; this one is going up roughly a year in. When Nintendo announced the revision alongside its earnings, CNBC tied it to a memory squeeze — RAM and flash costs pushed up by the AI data-centre buildout — and reported that Nintendo also expects console sales to fall. That is a supply-cost story, not a demand story, which is why the increase applies to hardware and leaves services alone.

Why this matters here

Switch 2 is one of the platforms Fortnite ships on, and hardware price is the entry cost for the free-to-play audience that creators build islands for. The timing is awkward: Chapter 7 Season 3 ends August 19 and Chapter 7 Season 4: Override launches August 20, so the season that is supposed to pull lapsed players back arrives eleven days before the cheapest way onto Nintendo's current hardware gets $50 more expensive.

For anyone buying rather than analysing, the practical read is short: the old price is still live until August 31, and it is a list-price change, so retailers sitting on stock may hold lower numbers for a while after. Nothing about the games or the online service changes on September 1 — only the box.