# Nintendo Switch finally changing price for the first time since release. UP!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [August 2, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610 "2025-08-02T00:04:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610/1 "2025-08-02T00:04:04Z")
Wow. Nintendo is going to take the original Nintendo Switch and INCREASE the price in a few days.
Crazy.
> **[Nintendo Switch prices are going up after this weekend](https://www.theverge.com/news/717325/nintendo-switch-price-hike-tariffs)**
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> On Sunday the Switch 1 family gets more expensive.
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### Author:  [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610/2 "2025-08-02T00:52:36Z")
I didn’t see the word tariff in the press release. Is this somehow related to tariffs or to something else?
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610/3 "2025-08-02T01:05:58Z")
Yeah, that appears to be the consensus.