And while you can currently buy a new PS5 in the US for less than a Switch 2, that isn’t true in Japan — after three price hikes, the cheapest PS5 Digital Edition now costs ¥72,980, 46 percent more than the new Japan-only Switch, and Sony’s pricey PS5 Pro costs a staggering ¥119,980 there.

Japanese entertainment giants Nintendo Co. and Sony Group Corp. are likely to raise prices on their game consoles in response to US tariffs, according to the latest research from Bloomberg Intelligence.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is functionally similar to its predecessor. Sure, the detachable controllers can now each be used as a mouse (on your pants, no less), the screen is bigger, the hardware is more powerful and there's a built-in mic for voice chat.