After Today, the Nintendo Switch 2 May Never Be $450 Ever Again

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. As August tips into September, the Nintendo Switch 2 will slide from $450 to $500. Knowing Nintendo, this means we will likely never see its prized handheld console cost any less. Considering other factors like new potential tariffs, we may experience even more price hikes in the future. Monday, Aug. 31 is your last chance to buy the Switch 2 for its launch price. Nintendo said its Sept. 1 price hikes were “in response to various changes in market conditions, which are expected to extend over the medium to long term.” The legacy Japanese console maker is talking about the RAMpocalypse, rising memory prices driven by the demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used to construct AI data centers. While the U.S. will have to deal with $500 Switch 2 consoles, Canadians will have to pay $680. Customers in the EU will now have to spend €499.99, or roughly $580 in U.S. dollars. The impending handheld price hike marks a turning point for consoles, with no modern system available that costs less than half a grand. Even an X