Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices and expects console sales to decline as memory crunch bites

Cnbc · May 08, 2026 · 220 words · By WATCH LIVE

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Claim 1: “Nintendo... expects console sales to decline as memory crunch bites”

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Multiple independent sources (Bloomberg, Google News/Reports) link the potential for price increases and sales pressure to a 'memory chip supply crunch' and 'global memory shortage' affecting manufacturing costs.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Nintendo Switch 2 is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo and released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Nintendo Switch, it can be used as a handheld, as a tablet, o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_2

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web search NEUTRAL — nintendo switch 2 ui. As the global memory shortage gets worse, Nintendo has seemingly started facing the heat.The pressure comes due to the ever-increasing costs of manufacturing Nintendo Switch 2 co…
https://gamingbolt.com/nintendo-switch-2-might-get-price-hik…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nintendo Under Pressure to Raise Switch 2 Console Price, as Hardware Currently Sold at a Loss — Report.Nintendo Switch 2 Might Get Price Hike Due to Investor Pressure Amidst Memory Shortages.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 2: “Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices”

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The evidence does not state that Nintendo has already hiked the prices, but rather that they are 'under pressure' to do so and that a price hike is 'in spotlight'. The claim presents a potential future action or pressure as a completed fact.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nintendo Switch 2 price increase. Top news. GameSpot.Nintendo Under Pressure to Raise Switch 2 Console Price, as Hardware Currently Sold at a Loss — Report.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nintendo’s stock has retreated for five straight months, marking the longest sustained decline since 2016. Its path decoupled from the Nikkei 225 benchmark in September — when signs of the memory chip…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-06/ninten…

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