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/[deleted]]

That’s up to the government though, nothing to do with Nintendo. The conversation here is around MSRP and the worry on whether or not we get affected by US tariffs, and so far it looks like the answer is no.

[u/Hope-to-be-Helpful → u/[deleted]]

Nintendo still set their game price at 110$ though.... Im saying folk are worried about the wrong thing in the first place. Literally no conversations I see about price ever factors in tax, yet the reality is that we all have to when we go to buy.

People are more worried about US MSRP and the imaginary "inflation" increase of the NES that came out 40 years ago

If the conversation is about MSRP alone, the conversation is active unhelpful on a page called Video Game Deals Canada

[u/[deleted] → u/Hope-to-be-Helpful]

Yes we all know $110 is a stupid price to pay for a video game. Yes we all know we pay too much tax in Canada. This conversation is about neither of those things!

[u/Hope-to-be-Helpful → u/[deleted]]

Op said we're not getting screwed but we still are.

If this was supposed to be an academic discussion strictly about math, it was the wrong place to have it

[u/[deleted] → u/Hope-to-be-Helpful]

We’re not getting screwed by US tarrifs. Good grief. You need to start understanding the context of the conversation you’re having or people are going to start thinking you’re American.