The European base switch model gets a permanent price drop

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Just a month before the launch of the new OLED Nintendo Switch model, Nintendo has definitely dropped the price of the basic model across Europe. Let's hope it's something they do everywhere else too.

The basic model was originally listed in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe for 279.99 £ / 329.99 €. The new price is £ 259.99 for the United Kingdom and € 299.99 anywhere else in Europe.

The Nintendo Switch OLED model comes with some upgrades. It has a 7-inch OLED screen, a wider adjustable basic support, enhanced audio features, 64GB internal storage and a LAN port on the docking station. As a person who uses a one-year switch, I pre-ordered it for better battery life and the OLED screen. Improved audio features may be interesting, but I will have to hear it with myself.

This new OLED model costs $ 349.99 USD / 309,99 £. Unless you have pre-ordered at Walmart. I pre-ordered the blue and red OLED, and they reduced the price at $ 300, corresponding to the original price of the switch. I do not know why they did that, but it was a surprise welcome to me. I would have liked to have the white, but I'm just happy to have pre-ordered and I will not complain. A lot.

Hope this price decline will become permanent worldwide. If the OLED model will be more expensive and will not replace the original model, then the original model should be cheaper. This will make it more attractive to people who play mainly on the dock and do not care about the OLED screen. It's also Nintendo, so I'm almost sure that most people will not buy a new model for a LAN port that should have been on the original switch anyway.

The new Nintendo Switch OLED should be launched on October 8th.

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