Nintendo Switch 2 price hike for the UK

Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 handheld gaming console will get a price hike in the UK.

From Tuesday 1 September, the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 from the Nintendo Store will increase from £395.99 to £419.99.

The company announced the UK increase on X, confirming the new retail price tag on the back of its announcement in May that the console would be increasing in price globally.

Up until now, however, the specific price increase for the United Kingdom had not been revealed.

The Switch 2 price increase of £24 (around 6%) might be unwelcome news for UK gamers, but this is actually not as bad as some have expected considering the price hikes seen by other gaming consoles.

Earlier this month, Microsoft increased the price of its Xbox gaming consoles in the United Kingdom, with some devices seeing price increases of more than 40%.

The flagship Xbox Series X 1TB saw its price increase by a shocking £170, from £500 to £670, while the entry-level Xbox Series S 512GB rose from £300 to £430.

PlayStation also hiked prices a few months ago for consoles in the UK, making 2026 a bad year for gamers, especially if buyers were waiting for price drops as the current generation ages.

These major price increases reflect just how badly the AI boom has squeezed the supply of components used in gaming consoles.

High-throughput memory and graphics hardware have been in increasingly short supply, as AI companies use the same hardware to train and power their models, leading to a global shortage that has had a knock-on effect across the computing, smartphone, and gaming industries.

In light of this market, Nintendo’s Switch 2 price hikes are surprisingly slight.

But if this component shortage caused by the global AI boom persists, it bodes ill for the next generation of consoles and smartphones.

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