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The story
Nintendo has announced that it will revise repair pricing for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch consoles, effective for repairs received on or after November 16, 2026. The Switch 2’s CPU board repair will rise from ¥27,500 to ¥37,400, the Switch’s board repair will go up from ¥14,300 to ¥24,200, and battery replacement will increase from ¥9,900 to ¥11,000. On 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board, opinions were split on whether the hike is due to rising parts costs or an increase in failures, with some pointing out that it’s more expensive than the PS5’s board repair price (¥30,800).
What people said
Due to rising prices of repair parts, we will revise the repair pricing for Nintendo Switch 2 / Nintendo Switch consoles, effective for repair items received by us on or after Monday, November 16, 2026.
Please see the respective pages for the revised reference repair prices.
From November 16, 2026: ¥37,400
Buhitch 2 (derisive nickname for the Switch, mocking fanboys)
CPU board repair
Until November 15, 2026: ¥27,500
From November 16, 2026: ¥37,400
it hasn't even been a year and a half since launch.
almost like they're offering it near cost as a customer service.
CPU board repair
Until November 15, 2026: ¥14,300
From November 16, 2026: ¥24,200
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
guess they figured there's no need to fix anything.
What do you mean 'meanwhile'?
Whatever Sony does, it doesn't excuse Nintendo's price hike…
Behold, the 'What About Sony' yokai
It'd be rough if Joy-Con repairs doubled for every part, though.
If they hardly break, then there's no need to raise the price, right?
They'll probably drop it eventually —
there's even a chance they'll refuse repairs altogether. Worst recession we've ever seen.
Until November 15, 2026: ¥9,900
From November 16, 2026: ¥11,000
This one quietly hurts.
Batteries and controllers are consumables,
so the running costs have gotten pretty steep.
If a model with a user-replaceable battery comes out,
buying a replacement kit might end up being the better deal.
Probably because a wall of fanboys jumps in with crazy excuses, lol
PS5 is ¥30,800.
Seriously…?
Isn't that cheap only because it's something called 'factory refurbished,' which is basically a used unit?
I mean, it's only been a bit over a year — it shouldn't be breaking already…
…then again, there's also a chance the console itself gets another price hike.
Discontinuing the Japanese-language version is basically a done deal.
printing out the repair request form or hand-writing something like an application number,
filling out a cash-on-delivery slip, and hauling it to a convenience store, Yamato, or the post office.
I'm bad with people, so I don't even want to call and request a pickup.
Meanwhile, when you send a Sharp phone in for repair, they arrange everything on their end.
I feel that.
I can never thank ZUN (creator of the Touhou Project) enough for releasing physical packages even though there's no profit in it…
though for some reason he doesn't do it for PS5.
Background and Key Points
This price hike is based on an official announcement from Nintendo, which explicitly cites rising prices for repair parts as the reason for the revision. The Switch 2 is about a year and a half past launch, and some in the thread speculated that this is when failures among launch-day buyers start to increase, but the discussion contains no actual data showing failure rates have risen — it remains purely speculation. Some commenters compared it to the PS5’s board repair price (¥30,800), but Sony has already stopped accepting repairs for some of its console models, so a simple price-only comparison doesn’t have matching conditions. There was also talk of the console’s own price being hiked again, but it’s worth noting that this, too, was floated in the thread as a prediction rather than a confirmed fact.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Switch 2 Repair Price Hike.”
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