That is a very strange title Nintendo a company infamous for abuse of the legal system may have committed fraud. As the Switch 2 has floundered due to being both the console and games being expensive, added to the patents, and shareholders backing out after that last direct. Retailers have also been selling their stuff at a cheaper price so it actually sells. Nintendo didn’t like any of that so started selling the original Switch, the Switch Lite, and the Switch OLED for close to $600 a hundred dollars more than the actual Switch 2. Nintendo were probably thinking this is a good move given that console was affordable.

Never mind that confidence in the company is at a low. Patents that make no sense, gameplay that is so boring two rival games are overshadowing their mascots, and DLC for things that should have been in the base game. Mario Kart used to make other games look boring in comparison, but Sonic Racing Crossworlds continues to impress. Pokemon just announced their farming game only for Palworld to put out a highly similar game, The Legend of Zelda has games like Blossom Knight and the upcoming Mina the Hollower, Metroid has to worry about the absolute take over from Hollow Knight and Silksong, even Kirby has to worry.

So while they are within their right to price this way in some countries consumer protection laws prohibit selling something for a certain amount then raising the price. Now people are saying Doug Bowser leaving Nintendo is a good thing because he has allowed these choices. I disagree it doesn’t matter who is in charge of Nintendo of America it is still the same company making these choices and until we see games actually worth their price or a lower price then they are just not worth it. Shareholders are fleeing, their once stellar reputation is in the mud, and they are doing nothing to fix these issues.