delete12345 One Winged Slayer Member Nov 17, 2017 21,491 Boston, MA Although Japan will be getting a region-locked version of the Nintendo Switch 2 for a far more affordable price than the rest of the world, there's still been a fair amount of discourse about the console's pricing going on all over social media ever since the April 2 Nintendo Direct. Is the Switch 2 overpriced or not? In pursuit of an answer to this question, Japanese users have been making comparisons to the prices of iPhones and various other things that probably have no business being compared to the price of a gaming console. But most notably, gacha games have taken the spotlight as gamers realize the horrific amount of spending they're designed to incite. Click to expand... Click to shrink... While the global price of the Switch is $450 dollars (a significant bump compared to its $300-dollar predecessor), the Japan-exclusive version that supports only the Japanese language is priced at 50k yen, which converts to about $430 dollars. The cheaper price point is thought to be Nintendo's effort to make up for the severe depreciation of the yen against the US dollar in recent years. The general consensus among Japanese gamers in response to this has been "Thank you Nintendo, please become the ruling party of our country next," but that doesn't mean casual users weren't surprised to see an almost 20k yen increase in price between the first and second console – thus the discourse and random comparisons. Click to expand... Click to shrink... However, much hesitation about the Switch 2's pricing was shut down by this now viral post comparing gacha game expenses to the console's price. The table represents how much money you need to put into a game until its pity system, well, takes pity on you and gives you a guaranteed high rarity pull. Gacha games implement pity systems as a way to ensure that each player, not matter how rotten their luck may be, can get their hands on a low-odds item or character if they've made a specified number of pulls (in other words, if they've put a certain amount of money into the game). The catch is, however, that accumulating enough mileage for pity can take a lot of money. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Nintendo Switch 2 pricing discourse in Japan reaches stunned silence as gacha gamers bring up their spending habits - AUTOMATON WEST Online discussions about the Nintendo Switch 2's price in Japan have taken an unusual course as gamers bring up gacha game pity systems. automaton-media.com Spend multiple Nintendo Switch 2s on gacha games if old.  Kouriozan Member Oct 25, 2017 24,273 So you could pity a character in Blue Archive or buy a Switch 2, hmmm…   super-famicom Avenger Oct 26, 2017 29,577 "Nowadays, hearing things like "You could've bought a Porsche with the money you've spent on cigarettes" is a complete joke, but hearing "You could have bought two Switch 2's with the money you've spent on gacha games" is very real and hits hard. " LOL  Raysoul Fat4All Ruined My Rug Member Oct 26, 2017 3,360 The value for money on gacha games sucks that it makes Nintendo Switch 2 a bargain. For only 50k yen, you get a guaranteed video game console, no pity required.  Chrono Teyvat Traveler Member Oct 25, 2017 24,876 Canada Why buy a Switch 2 when I can E6/S5 Castorice from Honkai Star Rail?   Gunny T Highway Unshakable Resolve - One Winged Slayer Member Oct 27, 2017 19,316 Canada It is either a 50/50 chance you get your gacha character after pity or a guaranteed roll to get a Switch 2.   Renna Hazel Member Oct 27, 2017 12,864 I've never played a gacha game but anytime I hear about them they just sound like a video game casino but without the chance of winning money. I guess it has a pity system at least?   Apollo Corrupted by Vengeance Avenger Oct 25, 2017 9,769 Yeah. For a lot of gacha gamers, the games they main can almost be viewed as "platforms" on their own, with how much time (and money if you swipe) they demand. It can definitely warp your perception of what is or isn't expensive.   J Snow Member Oct 25, 2017 438 Reminds me of my colleague complaining about the price but then thinking it's reasonable that he spends £100+ on each night out, 2-4 times a month.   struggler Member Mar 2, 2022 475 "In response to criticism that the pricing of the Nintendo Switch 2 and its games is too inaccessible for kids, Japanese parents on X have argued that they'd be "more comfortable having their kids play Mario Kart World on a Switch 2 than gacha games on an expensive smartphone." Well, at least the parents appear to have some common sense lol  OtakuCoder One Winged Slayer Member Oct 27, 2017 5,200 UK There are no words for how over it'll be if Hoyo's games end up on Switch 2.