My Nintendo Store in Japan is allowing customers buy not-in-stock Switch 2 consoles before the price increase, and deliver them by June 15 (img 1). There are many X posts from buyers confirming this (example in img 2). Essentially they are forgoing extra ¥10k profit per unit to pre-sell incoming stock by the old price.
![Screenshot of X post on May 22: [translation] I got a Switch 2! Stock was back up on the My Nintendo Store! It shows as a pre-order, but it looks like it’s set to arrive by June 10th. Leave it to Nintendo—they really deliver! Thank you so much! It’s going to be a birthday gift for a family member. [original] switch2買えた！マイニンテンドーストアで在庫復活してた🩷予約になってるけど、6月10日までには届くみたい。さすが任天堂さま！ありがとうございます！家族の誕プレにするのだ。](https://ninpatentswatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bsky-3mmln4a5eok2y-p1-m2.webp)
And yet many insist on pronouncing the company “greedy” simply because a group of developers and artists refuse to devalue their own games. Funny people never say this about records or books.
[Originally posted on 2026-05-24 Pacific Time]
