There are no plans to increase the switch price, at the moment

In its latest earnings report, Nintendo continues to say that it has no plans to raise its prices Popular Switch Controlleralthough it also does not rule out the possibility that you will have to increase prices in the future.

Inflation! Maybe you heard about it? If not, that’s bad! Currently, facing the whole world Huge wave of economic inflation This has resulted in some companies, such as Sony and Meta, raising the prices of previously released devices such as PlayStation 5 And the Meta Quest 2 VR headset. Even the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, suggested that after the holidays, Microsoft may have to raise prices for consoles or Game Pass. However, Nintendo is not following suit, although it continues to “monitor” the situation.

as such reported by BloombergTakashi MochizukiYesterday, during Nintendo Latest earnings summaryThe company, in response to a question about possible price increases, said it “will not take such measures at the present time” but then added that it would “continue to monitor [the] They will “carefully consider” if they need to change course and increase switch prices.

Kotaku I reached out to Nintendo for comment on any future price increases.

back in August, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa gave a similar answer When asked about inflation and whether it would force the manufacturer to raise the cost of the popular hybrid console, she said the company was “not considering” a price increase. Furukawa further explained that Nintendo didn’t want to keep people away from buying its console and wanted to maintain its console business “momentum.”

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Around the same time, Microsoft also said that prices on its consoles would remain the same worldwide. But now, a few months later, that appears to be less likely following Spencer’s comments in October that at “at some point” she said Microsoft will have to raise prices on “certain things”.

For now, it’s unlikely that Nintendo will increase the price of its consoles just before the holidays, as that could hurt its ability to sell as many consoles as normal. But after Christmas and New Year’s, don’t be surprised if the cost of your Xbox or Switch goes up along with everything else.