The European price of Nintendo Switch 2 rises from €470 to €500 on September 1, while the console may also be getting more expensive to manufacture. Samsung has reportedly increased the price of the 8-nanometer chip process used for the system’s SoC by about ten percent.

Nintendo announced in May that it would revise the Nintendo Switch 2 price across Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom. For European customers, the change takes effect on the first day of September, raising the console from €470 to €500.

Hardware manufacturers have faced even greater pressure in the months since that announcement. Demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure has pushed up the cost of memory, storage, and several semiconductor products, and those increases are now directly affecting console makers’ margins.

Samsung’s Chip Price Increase Directly Affects Nintendo Switch 2

Reuters reports that Samsung has raised prices for several foundry services since July. The company is said to be charging 10–15 percent more for 4nm and 5nm processes, while the 8nm technology used to produce the Nintendo Switch 2 SoC has increased by roughly ten percent.

This does not mean Nintendo is about to announce another consumer price increase. The immediate consequence may instead be lower profit on every console if the company chooses not to pass the extra cost on to buyers. The already confirmed €30 rise will create a higher entry barrier on its own.

Future pricing will therefore depend not only on demand but also on how long the memory and chip supply crisis lasts. If AI-driven capacity shortages continue, Nintendo Switch 2, other consoles, and PC components could all face renewed upward pressure.

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