Picture: NintendoAs part of final week’s This autumn monetary report, Nintendo revealed that Change 2 can be topic to a value enhance later this 12 months. At this time, the corporate has launched the transcript of the following investor Q&A, the place the pricing matter was naturally pushed into the limelight, and it feels like Nintendo is not able to rule out any extra adjustments simply but.
When requested if there’s a chance of additional value will increase, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa famous that the corporate could properly nonetheless be impacted by the “uncertainties” of element costs “not solely this 12 months but additionally into subsequent 12 months” (translated on Bluesky by @oatmealdome). With that in thoughts, he continued, “We wish to have the ability to reply flexibly to no matter state of affairs arises”.
It is from a affirmation that issues can be shaken up once more down the road, to be clear, however it’s fascinating how the corporate is already taking a stance of ‘hey, we do not know what is going to occur’.
[Investor Q&A]
Q: Is there a chance of additional value will increase?
A (Furukawa): There are nonetheless uncertainties with element costs, and we could also be affected by them not solely this 12 months but additionally subsequent 12 months. We wish to have the ability to reply flexibly to no matter state of affairs arises.— OatmealDome (@oatmealdome.bsky.social) 2026-05-11T12:42:01.1018762Z
Simply in case you missed the announcement final week, Change 2 models can be going up by $50 in the US and Canada, and €30 in Europe on 1st September, whereas all Change 1, 2 and NSO subscriptions will getting a value bump in Japan from twenty fifth Might.
In gentle of the rise announcement, Nintendo’s share value has taken a ten% dip over the weekend.
What do you make of Furukawa’s value remark? Tell us within the feedback.
[source nintendo.co.jp, via bsky.app]
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