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Nintendo needs to be "super transparent" with potential paid Mario Kart World DLC for Switch 2, former marketing leads say, as "people are already questioning the $8…
It feels like Mario Kart World DLC could be an inevitability, but two of Nintendo's former marketing leads think the company ...
Nintendo is probably "seriously considering" a Switch 2 price increase in the US, but former marketing leads "very hopeful" that it will ultimately "eat the cost"
As announced during the flurry of Nintendo Switch 2 news last week, the Switch successor costs $450 in the United States, and ...
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Nintendo Switch 2: How Nintendo shot themselves in the foot
It’s Thursday morning on April 3, and you are watching the Nintendo livestream their new game, “Metroid Prime 4: Beyond” on their upcoming console, the Switch 2. You decide to take a look at the ...
Why Nintendo games never see a price cut explained: ‘This isn’t Ubisoft’
Former Nintendo employees have revealed the company's approach to pricing their games, amid the furore around the cost of ...
Mario Kart World "Paid DLC" Would Be A Big No-No, According To Ex-Nintendo Duo
Ex-Nintendo Minute duo Kit and Krysta, who now run their own YouTube channel, have touched on the idea of Nintendo ...
Nintendo Says U.S. Tariffs Could Drive Up Switch 2 Price
Nintendo’s next-gen console, the Switch 2, is expected to launch at $450 US ($629.99 CAD) — but that price could go even higher thanks to new tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump. In an ...
Nintendo Is ‘Actively Assessing’ What a Trade War Means for the Switch 2
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser tells WIRED the company is still figuring out how to address tariffs that could ...
Former Nintendo employees react to the backlash over the Nintendo Switch 2’s price: “a true moment of crisis”
Nintendo faces backlash over $449.99 Switch 2 pricing and $79.99 games like *Mario Kart World*, with ex-PR staff calling it "a crisis moment." ...
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order delayed following Donald Trump’s tariffs
Nintendo has delayed pre-orders for the Switch 2 console in response to tariffs announced by President Trump. The launch date ...
Nintendo is likely surprised, panicked, and having a full "war room" response to the outrage over Switch 2 pricing, former marketing leads say
The price is a whopping $450, 50% more than the original Switch. Mario Kart World is also the most expensive standard-edition ...
Former Nintendo PR Managers Say Switch 2 and Mario Kart World Price Backlash 'A True Crisis Moment for Nintendo'
Amid the ongoing backlash to Nintendo's shock pricing for the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World, two former Nintendo PR managers ...
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Why hasn't Nintendo responded to the Switch 2 pricing backlash? "They're so out of practice doing this", former Ninty PR staff suggest
Pretty much since the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct concluded earlier this week and folks actually discovered how much they'll have to pay for the stuff they'd seen, there's been a massive discourse ...