The Nintendo Switch 2 is the hot games console for the 2025 holidays and what millions of people (young and old) will be hoping to find under their tree on Dec. 25th. Since its June launch, it’s been a runaway success, with Nintendo already shifting an impressive 10 million units.
But there are stormy clouds on the horizon in 2026. The ongoing construction of massive AI datacenters is raising the price of components used to make game consoles, particularly RAM. Nintendo likely has a supply of RAM on lockdown, but this won’t last forever. And with RAM prices quadrupling over recent months, any price rise will be passed on to the consumer.
