But the games are a different story: Mario Kart World, which is being launched alongside the Switch 2, comes in at £74.99. "It makes it inaccessible, it's a lot to drop on one game," said Chloe Crossan, one of several gamers the BBC spoke to at a gaming store in Glasgow.

Fans had been waiting months for Nintendo’s big Switch 2 Direct. But one thing that’s dominated the conversation following the showcase isn’t the games or the features, it’s the Switch 2's $450 price tag. Now fans are spamming the YouTube chat for the company’s ongoing Nintendo Treehouse livestream with one simple plea: “Drop the price.”