Nintendo has announced that it has renamed the My Nintendo Store to simply Nintendo Store, and that the change will go into effect on May 27. According to Nintendo, the name change won’t effect the “content of the service.”
The Nintendo Store allows players to purchase digital or physical games for both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. It also offers a way to buy Nintendo accessories, such as Joy-Con 2 controllers, consoles, and My Nintendo Rewards directly from Nintendo themselves. The reason for the change is currently unknown. Check out the announcement post below:
Starting September 1, the recommended retail price of Nintendo Switch 2 will increase from $449.99 to $499.99 (tax excluded) in the U.S., and in Canada, the price will increase from $629.99 CAD to $679.99 CAD (tax excluded). That same day, Europe will also receive a price increase for Nintendo Switch 2 from €469.99 to €499.99 (tax excluded). In Japan, the price of the Nintendo Switch (Japanese-language system, Japan only model) will increase from ¥49,980 to ¥59,980 starting May 25, and the multi-language system model’s price remains unchanged.
To compensate for the price change, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 lifespan is planned to last as long as the original Switch. The original Nintendo Switch initially released in March 2017, and while it is still available and playable, its lifespan technically ended when the Nintendo Switch 2 released in June 2025. As such, it’s safe to say that the Switch 2 could end up lasting eight years and could receive support from 2025 all the way until 2033. Considering the recent announcement of a “robust software lineup” in the future to compensate players in the wave of the price increase, it seems that Nintendo is intending to support the Switch 2 for quite a while.
