The Nintendo of the 3DS era that discounted their consoles on sale at such price basically anyone could get into gaming had been dead for nearing a decade now.

The cost of the 2DS console + Mario Kart bundle on sale ($80) is now the same as the price of one Switch2 game.

Let's be charitable and adjust that past $80 at its 2025 inflation of $110.

Nintendo dosen't massively discount consoles now. It increases prices of everything. They just increased the prices of every Switch1 games in Canada by $5. A few weeks ago they increased the price of the Switch1 console too.

Today's Nintendo rather spend hundreds of millions of dollars in lawfare and patenting game mechanics they did not even create rather than take competition out-performing them with dignity.

The Nintendo of the 3DS era that discounted their consoles on sale at such price basically anyone could get into gaming had been dead for nearing a decade now.

The cost of the 2DS console + Mario Kart bundle on sale ($80) is now the same as the price of one Switch2 game.

Nintendo dosen't massively discount consoles now. It increases prices of everything. They just increased the prices of every Switch1 games in Canada by $5. A few weeks ago they increased the price of the Switch1 console too.

Today's Nintendo rather spend hundreds of millions of dollars in lawfare and patenting game mechanics they did not even create rather than take competition out-performing them with dignity.

The Nintendo of the 3DS era that discounted their consoles on sale at such price basically anyone could get into gaming had been dead for nearing a decade now.

Nintendo dosen't massively discount consoles now. It increases prices of everything. They just increased the prices of every Switch1 games in Canada by $5. A few weeks ago they increased the price of the Switch1 console too.

Today's Nintendo rather spend hundreds of millions of dollars in lawfare and patenting game mechanics they did not even create rather than take competition out-performing them with dignity.