Why Is the Nintendo Switch 2 So Expensive?

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Wahoo! It’s happening! Nintendo’s reveal of the Switch 2 was a splashy affair confirming what many had long suspected: a technologically beefier Switch capable of running shiny, all-new titles like Donkey Kong Bananza, Metroid Prime 4, and — music to the ears of gaming masochists across the world — what looks like a pseudo-sequel to FromSoftware’s cult action-RPG, Bloodborne.

Yet details of the price were conspicuously absent from the Nintendo Direct livestream announcing the new tech...