A Nintendo Switch 2 price hike "could be likely" after PS5's increase, game analysts suggest: "I would be very surprised if the Switch was still $450 in the US at the end of 2026"

Following Sony's increased prices for every PS5 console, some analysts reckon that a similar price hike for the Nintendo Switch 2 could be on the horizon.

The latest price tag changes for the PS5 don't exactly come as a surprise for many game analysts. Economic and political factors have been making prices shaky for various tech products, and it's those same global factors that make the prospect of a Switch 2 price increase seem likely as well.

"I would be very surprised if the Switch was still $450 in the US at the end of 2026," Dr. Serkan Toto of consultancy firm Kantan Games tells GamesRadar+. "We live in a world where the Xbox Series X 2TB is $800 already. People get used to everything, increasing high prices for consoles – this is at least what Sony and the others are betting on."

"Yes, we think it could be likely," DFC Intelligence CEO David Cole also says of a possible Switch 2 price increase, explaining that Nintendo is "resisting" the same factors that made Sony and Microsoft budge, "but tariff and component costs could force their hand."

Veteran Circana games industry analyst Mat Piscatella tells us that "it's possible that may happen," just as it's possible that a price increase may hit "cars and computers and anything else that requires component like memory or storage" that have primarily been impacted by AI data centers. "All options have to be on the table given the market conditions. Price increases, reducing production, whatever," he adds.

Industry researcher and academic Joost van Dreunen has a more conservative take on the possibility of Nintendo raising console costs, pointing to how the company "already issued a price increase" for its original Switch hardware just last summer: "So I'd expect them to lay low for a while."

Elsewhere, a recent Bloomberg report claimed the console maker was planning to slightly cut back on its Switch 2 production plans after sales in the US dipped below the company's lofty expectations. Reliable rumors are pointing to a very promising 2026 games line-up for the company, however, including a Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and a new Star Fox, which might enough to propel the Nintendo console through these tough times.

For now, check out the upcoming Switch 2 games of 2026 and beyond.