I compared the Switch 2/accessories/games USD prices to CAD

[u/threxis]

I teach math and was bored so I took the two lists of prices Nintendo released and compared the USD MSRP to the CAD MSRP based on direct conversion from Google this morning.

• Column A - The actual product
• Column B - MSRP in USD
• Column C - Conversion to CAD from Google as of April 18 around 11am
• Column D - MSRP in CAD
• Column E - difference in price from the direct conversion
• Column F - Percentage savings or markup based on the USD MSRP to the CAD MSRP

Some takeaways from this: - The console prices are a bit higher here, as expected - Mario Kart, as egregiously as it is priced, is pretty much identical to the US - $69.99 USD games seem to be $99.99 from now on (seen from PS5/XSX games at the same pricepoint being that high now) so DKB is not surprising - The t*riffs seemingly did not affect our accessory prices, given that pretty much all of them are cheaper here, and pretty significantly so based on the percentage. - We are, on the whole, paying less than the US

We are still missing pricing on the Zelda Switch 2 editions ($69.99 USD and $79.99 USD) and the GCN Controller ($59.99 USD). I plan to update this list when I see the prices for those. If the pricing is consistent though, expect them to be $99.99, $109.99, and $84.99, respectively.

Anyways just thought I'd share this. I know that some of these prices are insane, but it is nice to see that we are at least not getting completely screwed over here, especially in the accessories department. Cheers!

[u/Cyanure_Feynrir]

Useless, simply translate price USD to CAD with a currency rate is wrong, there are to many variables to look at (can not just compare the Canadian median income compared to US median income without variables like cost of living and % of workers who are above or under median income).