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The Nintendo Switch in Mexico costs $9,999 MXN ($479 USD)

Dang0 said:
Actually I think NZ is around $400 US, which is bad but not as bad as this.
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i think people arent grasping how bad this is, it is not just about how much dollars equivalent it is.

minimum wage in mexico is 74 pesos for 8 hours of work. lets calculate

10,000 pesos / 74 pesos minimum wage = 135 days= 4.5 months

so if anyone earning minimum wage wants to buy this thing he/she needs to work for 4 and a half months, and thats it without even spending the money on other things.

on NZ the minimum wage is 15.75 so lets calculate again

549 NZ dollar / 17.50 NZ dollars minimum wage = 35 hours (fixed this bit, i mixed hours with days)

i mean, you guys have it bad too (edith, you dont have it bad at all!). but mexico is such a shit hole

i dont earn the minimum wage thank god but 1 switch is 1.3 month salary. and thats fucking insane
 
aBarreras said:
i think people arent grasping how bad this is, it is not just about how much dollars equivalent it is.

minimum wage in mexico is 74 pesos for 8 hours of work. lets calculate

10,000 pesos / 74 pesos minimum wage = 135 days= 4.5 months

so if anyone earning minimum wage wants to buy this thing he/she needs to work for 4 and a half months, and thats it without even spending the money on other things.

on NZ the minimum wage is 15.75 so lets calculate again

549 NZ dollar / 17.50 NZ dollars minimum wage = 35 days = 1 month.

i mean, you guys have it bad too. but mexico is such a shit hole

i dont earn the minimum wage thank god but 1 switch is 1.3 month salary. and thats fucking insane
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Are you mixing up days and hours for New Zealand? Because by my math it is easier to get a Switch on minimum wage in NZ than the USA or Japan, which is 40.5 hours work at 800¥/hour. NZ is 34.8 hours at your suggested 17.5 an hour, USA is 41.5 hours at 7.25/hour.

It is terrible how expensive it is in Mexico, but Nintendo can't sell it for 370 pesos (2050¥), or 5 days of minimum wage work just because the minimum wage is so bad.
 
KtSlime said:
Are you mixing up days and hours for New Zealand? Because by my math it is easier to get a Switch on minimum wage in NZ than the USA or Japan, which is 40.5 hours work at 800¥/hour. NZ is 34.8 hours at your suggested 17.5 an hour, USA is 41.5 hours at 7.25/hour.

It is terrible how expensive it is in Mexico, but Nintendo can't sell it for 370 pesos (2050¥), or 5 days of minimum wage work just because the minimum wage is so bad.
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omg you are right,

mexican is daily minimum wage, new zealand that probably is hourly minimum wage


also i know nintendo cant sell it so much cheap, and im not really blaming nintendo here.

mexico is the one with the problem, this country is a shit hole, and its not going to get better with trump as president
 
KtSlime said:
Are you mixing up days and hours for New Zealand? Because by my math it is easier to get a Switch on minimum wage in NZ than the USA or Japan, which is 40.5 hours work at 800¥/hour. NZ is 34.8 hours at your suggested 17.5 an hour, USA is 41.5 hours at 7.25/hour.

It is terrible how expensive it is in Mexico, but Nintendo can't sell it for 370 pesos (2050¥), or 5 days of minimum wage work just because the minimum wage is so bad.
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Agreed. Besides, who *really* earns the minimum wage in Mexico? If anything, it's more of a metric used to determine other things such as government fines.

That's no excuse for latamel though, the official mexican price is still crazy, a fair price should be around $7,000 pesos.
 
Gaku1503 said:
Dem taxes

So the "other" countries are subsidizing that $300 price point...interesting
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on mexico case, no.

nintendo doesnt manage their product here, they sell it to latamel, and latamel to us.

they are the ones being greedy bastards.

my local gamer shop is estimating a 8mil pesos switch if the dollar doesnt fluctuate that much.
 
There are some online stores in Brazil accepting "pre-orders" for the Nintendo Switch for R$ 2.599,00. That's around US$ 830...I'd gladly pay US$ 479 for the Switch...
 
I find it strange how people here Nintendo does not have official representation in Mexico, and yet there is a Mexican e-shop where the prices are similar to physical copies in the usual nationwide shops.
 
Fewr said:
I find it strange how people here Nintendo does not have official representation in Mexico, and yet there is a Mexican e-shop where the prices are similar to physical copies in the usual nationwide shops.
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They probably mean hardware-wise Nintendo goes through a middle-man company instead of handling distribution themselves.
 
aBarreras said:
on mexico case, no.

nintendo doesnt manage their product here, they sell it to latamel, and latamel to us.

they are the ones being greedy bastards.

my local gamer shop is estimating a 8mil pesos switch if the dollar doesnt fluctuate that much.
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What city are you on again? My closest game shop [in Hermosillo] still has the tentative price of $9,999.
 
MissCauthon said:
I think the brazilians have it worst no?
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I found a grey market seller who's going to sell the Switch for R$ 2.099,99 (around US$655).

I have a Switch pre ordered on Amazon but Amazon won't ship it to Brazil (they shipped the PS4) and I don't think I will buy a plane ticket to go to the US just to pick up the Switch at launch,
 
It's not like I was going to get it at launch, but damn at that price here. So the real options are the flea markets, Target (if confirmed to work) or crossing the border. I'll wait then.

How are the eShop prices in 3DS/Wii U compared to GamePlanet/Gamers/Liverpool? If they are comparable to the USD/MXN exchange rate I may go full digital when I get the Switch.
 
aBarreras said:
i think people arent grasping how bad this is, it is not just about how much dollars equivalent it is.

minimum wage in mexico is 74 pesos for 8 hours of work. lets calculate

10,000 pesos / 74 pesos minimum wage = 135 days= 4.5 months

so if anyone earning minimum wage wants to buy this thing he/she needs to work for 4 and a half months, and thats it without even spending the money on other things.

on NZ the minimum wage is 15.75 so lets calculate again

549 NZ dollar / 17.50 NZ dollars minimum wage = 35 hours (fixed this bit, i mixed hours with days)

i mean, you guys have it bad too (edith, you dont have it bad at all!). but mexico is such a shit hole

i dont earn the minimum wage thank god but 1 switch is 1.3 month salary. and thats fucking insane
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anyone making that amount should not be buying things that are that expensive..
 
It's Nintendo though, where else could you get such iconic games like Mario and Zelda... Seems like a small price to pay for the opportunity to play those games
 
For me the main issue is that the competition (other consoles) have managed to offer lower prices.

I'm aware of the economic context and all that. The issue is that the Switch shouldn't cost 30% more than a PS4. That's price gouging and it happens just because Nintendo doesn't give a fuck.

It's their prerogative but it just leaves the Switch in a very bad position considering what people could be getting.

Microsoft bet on Mexico during the OG Xbox times even releasing dubbed games (halo 2 was hilarious) and I think it worked out fine for them.
 
Here in Colombia we're having a similar issue:

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That's almost $600 USD. We don't have any official Nintendo presence AFAIK, these prices are absurd (it's even more expensive than a PS4 Slim here in "official channels").

Obviously almost everyone I know favors the gray market because of this. Fuck those greedy dudes.
 
PixelHorror said:
Here in Colombia we're having a similar issue:

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That's almost $600 USD. We don't have any official Nintendo presence AFAIK, these prices are absurd (it's even more expensive than a PS4 Slim here in "official channels").

Obviously almost everyone I know favors the gray market because of this. Fuck those greedy dudes.
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That's one of the things that makes piracy popular in latam: you need to have a lot of money and be a little stupid to be content by going through the "official channels".

Later sales information comes back and official sales are low so the market is not worth pursuing, thus creating a never ending circle of shittiness all around: devs/pubs don't get paid because of piracy and gamers are left to either don't play, purchase on the black market, pirate or get one game a year.

I seldom get console games anymore. I play mostly on PC because a lot of publishers have regionalized pricing. This has motivated me to get a lot of games on day one.

I wish EA, Ubisoft and Capcom would do something like that. For some reason RE7 is cheaper on retail for Ps4 than it is to get it from steam (about 10% difference). Makes no sense to me.
 
FallingSputnik said:
anyone making that amount should not be buying things that are that expensive..
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Of course they shouldn't, but that price is almost prohibitively expensive, especially for an "entry point" to a hobby (Although I understand there are way, way more expensive hobbies). I mean, a friend of mine earns 15000 MXN a month, which is not a bad salary (for Mexico) but not great one either and even then, spending 2/3 of that in a console is way too much.

Sony and Microsoft have prices here relatively similar to those in the US, for example, but Nintendo has always been more expensive, and that is because we (Mexico and Latin America) don't have direct distributors.

Hell, you can buy a PS4 Pro for $10,500 - 11,000 MXN at Mercado Libre (Mexican Ebay)
 
I found the following price update for the console in Latin America

Puerto Rico: $312.00

Panamá: $379.00

Venezuela: $400.00

República Dominicana: $432.00

El Salvador: $450.00

México: $480.00

Ecuador: $500.00

Perú: $500.00

Chile: $515.00

Costa Rica: $550.00

Colombia: $574.00

Argentina: $700.00

Uruguay: $700.00

So far, it seems I need to plan my next vacation to the U.S or Puerto Rico if I want to buy that thing
 
Fewr said:
MXN $7,500 tax + shipping included apparently.

https://www.promodescuentos.com/ofe...itch-incluye-envio-a-mexico-e-impuestos-86053

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01M6ZGICT/
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Sounds tempting. With that price I could afford Zelda and 1,2 Switch. With the 9,999 price, I can't afford any game and I will have to physically save till I get enough for Zelda. But I'm reading through the comments and some guys are saying that american accesories are not compatible with european Switches :S Is this true?? I didn't knew this :((((

Bulzeeb said:
I found the following price update for the console in Latin America

Puerto Rico: $312.00

Panamá: $379.00

Venezuela: $400.00

República Dominicana: $432.00

El Salvador: $450.00

México: $480.00

Colombia: $574.00

Ecuador: $500.00

Perú: $500.00

Chile: $515.00

Costa Rica: $550.00

Argentina: $700.00

Uruguay: $700.00

So far, it seems I need to plan my next vacation to the U.S or Puerto Rico
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Wow, Puerto Rico got lucky. Only $13 extra dollars from the official US price D:
 
Bulzeeb said:
I found the following price update for the console in Latin America

Puerto Rico: $312.00

Panamá: $379.00

Venezuela: $400.00

República Dominicana: $432.00

El Salvador: $450.00

México: $480.00

Ecuador: $500.00

Perú: $500.00

Chile: $515.00

Costa Rica: $550.00

Colombia: $574.00

Argentina: $700.00

Uruguay: $700.00

So far, it seems I need to plan my next vacation to the U.S or Puerto Rico if I want to buy that thing
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Where is Nicaragua... dammit!
 
When I lived in Mexico I always had my uncles living north of the border buy consoles for me and just wait for them to visit during Christmas time anyway.

that said yeowch, the peso
 
Galdius said:
I found a grey market seller who's going to sell the Switch for R$ 2.099,99 (around US$655).

I have a Switch pre ordered on Amazon but Amazon won't ship it to Brazil (they shipped the PS4) and I don't think I will buy a plane ticket to go to the US just to pick up the Switch at launch,
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Don't you have in brazil some kind of courrier service?

here in Colombia we have many courrier services that ship things from the states, I ordered a switch from amazon.jp, they will deliver it to my shipping address in Miami, where they (muy courrier company) will ship it to my address in Col.
 
PSqueak said:
What city are you on again? My closest game shop [in Hermosillo] still has the tentative price of $9,999.
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im from obregon, and our local gameshop (games plaza) has a tentative of 7999 pesos IF their distributors give them switches to sell and if the dollar doesnt go up.

they sell everything cheaper because they brought the games from u.s. i suppose

AdanVC said:
Actually, the PS4 Pro is at $10,200.00 on Amazon MX and the Switch at $9,999.00...
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well thats in part because every ps4 pro on mexico is a import, since the console wont launch here officially lol

Sub Boss said:
I can't Zelda for $1200 ��
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zelda is at 1599 lol
 
aBarreras said:
im from obregon, and our local gameshop (games plaza) has a tentative of 7999 pesos IF their distributors give them switches to sell and if the dollar doesnt go up.

they sell everything cheaper because they brought the games from u.s. i suppose
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Ah yes, i used to buy from there when i lived there, nowadays it's basically the only game store in town, they even ate up the one that was a few blocks from them a few years ago and with Blockbuster finally dead, no other place for reliable cheap games.
 
Ha! At least you can buy the console separately. Here you are forced to buy a bundle with zelda and 1,2 switch for RM2,299(USD 520). Oh, and you want the neon edition? Fuck you, pay an extra 100.

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Just look at this shit. Even singapore is not spared lol.

Edit:these are official pricing from the distributor here.
 
I guess the only option to buy the Switch in Mexico at a good price right now is from Target since they ship to Mexico and even make you a little discount by putting a promo code. It's just a matter of wait till preorders go up at Target and secure one as quickly as if you were playing Quick Draw in 1, 2, Switch!
 
aBarreras said:
im from obregon, and our local gameshop (games plaza) has a tentative of 7999 pesos IF their distributors give them switches to sell and if the dollar doesnt go up.

they sell everything cheaper because they brought the games from u.s. i suppose



well thats in part because every ps4 pro on mexico is a import, since the console wont launch here officially lol



zelda is at 1599 lol
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Sony just give a barely of a fuck more than Nintendo.
 
Roo said:
I honestly feel sorry for any poor bastard that simply bends over and pays those stupid prices.

There's original price, taxes, retailer cut and then this blatant robbery.
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well, a game costs 60 bucks, the rollar is around 20 pesos.

when the dollar was at 12 pesos the games costed 999 (60*12= 720)<-direct coverting

now that it is at 20 pesos the games cost 1599 (60*20=1200)<-direct coverting

so they are more or less charging the same, like 300 to 400 pesos extra.

and ps4 and xbox one games are at like 1400, zelda is at 1600 because that latamel tax
 
Lylo said:
There are some online stores in Brazil accepting "pre-orders" for the Nintendo Switch for R$ 2.599,00. That's around US$ 830...I'd gladly pay US$ 479 for the Switch...
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That's so unfair. I feel for you Brazilians... and everyone else who can't buy it at a fair price.

$300 is maybe a bit more than I was expecting based on the rumors, but at least it's fair.

If you live in Brazil, you might as well fly to another country to buy your Switch on vacation. It will be almost as cheap as importing and at least you'll be able to take in some sights along the way.
 
Reading these posts makes me wonder if there will be a day when Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft will take latam seriously... These prices are ridiculous :(

GAF... I wanna cry
 
Alex_Mexico said:
I'm pretty sure they do have official prescense. At least they had not long ago.

Man, how times have changed. Mexico used to be Nintendo Land back in the 90s with a very strong and official prescense thanks to GAMELA (the official distributor). We had a thriving official magazine (Club Nintendo) and even a Saturday morning Nintendo tv show on network tv (remember Nintendomania?).

What the hell happened? PlayStation didn't have an official prescense here until midway into the PS3's lifecycle but once they went in they went in hard and aggressively! And now Nintendo stopped giving two shits while Mexico is now a staunch Xbox territory.

Goddamn. Sad!
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Wow. So, Nintendo of America incompetency isn't just in the United States with third parties, distribution and marketing! My goodness, this the stuff that people should be blasting the crap out of Nintendo about. The prices you guys have to pay is absurd.
 
alejo0121 said:
Reading these posts makes me wonder if there will be a day when Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft will take latam seriously... These prices are ridiculous :(

GAF... I wanna cry
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For as long as they don't manufacture their consoles in the territory, we'll get fucked like this. The PS4 Slim is around $500 here.

At least game prices are equivalent to American ones (in my country anyway). In the grey market they're actually cheaper, somehow.
 
AdanVC said:
Sounds tempting. With that price I could afford Zelda and 1,2 Switch. With the 9,999 price, I can't afford any game and I will have to physically save till I get enough for Zelda. But I'm reading through the comments and some guys are saying that american accesories are not compatible with european Switches :S Is this true?? I didn't knew this :((((




Wow, Puerto Rico got lucky. Only $13 extra dollars from the official US price D:
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Puerto Rico is part of the US. (-_-). It's one of our territories.
 
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