Switch 2 Price Hikes: What Gamers’ Wallets Really Face

Nintendo just had a rough quarter. Switch 2 sales slid hard enough that Engadget ran the numbers and called it plainly: demand cooled off fast after launch. That’s not a small blip for a console that sold over 23 million units in its first stretch. It’s the kind of dip that makes analysts start asking uncomfortable questions about tariffs, pricing, and whether the honeymoon phase is simply over. Here’s the thing nobody talks about enough. A console slowdown isn’t really about…