Waiting for Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders? There’s good news and bad news
Switch 2 pricing holds firm after tariff turmoil, but accessories cost more.
- Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will open in the US next Thursday, April 24.
- Pricing for the console itself and first-party launch games remains unchanged.
- Accessories are seeing small price bumps, largely in the $5 range.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is easily one of the most anticipated new console launches in years, and gamers everywhere tuned in to get all the details of how this follow-up would debut back at the start of the month. And while that should have been a relatively straightforward announcement, the news could not have arrived at a worse time, landing smack dab in the middle of the White House’s ham-fisted introduction of sweeping new tariffs. The same uncertainty that sent stock markets plunging also forced Nintendo to reconsider its own strategy, and cancel plans for an April 9 start to pre-orders. Now we’re finally learning what’s going to happen.
In the United States, Nintendo says that Switch 2 pre-orders will now open on April 24.
