The Nintendo Switch 2 will cost $449.99, and will be available to pre-order April 9. The closest thing to a discount on it comes from GameStop, which is offering slightly boosted trade-in value for your old Switch starting the day that pre-orders begin. You’ll only get the following trade-in credit if you’re reserving a Switch 2. Although, if you reserve a Switch 2 from GameStop and later realize you want to trade in your Switch, you’ll be able to modify your reservation with a boosted trade-in through April 30.
Your Switch OLED will knock $175 off the cost of the Switch 2. Outside of this promo, GameStop’s offer for OLEDs sits at $143, which is less than half of the console’s original cost. If you have the standard Switch with removable Joy-Con (be it the launch edition or the revised model with better battery life), you’ll get $125 in credit, up from $110, a measly third of its original price. As for the Switch Lite, you’ll get an even $100 in credit, up from $71.50. If you’re a GameStop Pro member, you’ll get an extra 10% added to the trade-in credit.
In order to get these trade-in valuations, your hardware needs to be in “good condition” and come with all “necessary” components, which I’m guessing means what normally comes with each console when you first opened the box.
