Nintendo fans, amateur players and collectors in Venezuela and more than 20 countries in Latin America, received the bad news for two months that the new Nintendo Switch 2 console is launched to the market.
After confirming its presale and launch on June 5 in countries such as Colombia, Chile and Mexico, the Japanese company has reported that its new generation console will not have any official distribution in Central America, while some countries in South America including Venezuela and Argentina, have also been excluded from the launch.
The region most affected by this decision of Nintendo is the area of Central America and the Caribbean. According to The information That is known, the company said that the lack of a ESHOP (the Nintendo online store) in the region complicates the decision to reach the public, while considering as a small and not very relevant market for brand sales.
Another detail that attracts attention is that, in Argentina, where the company does have eShop, the console will not be launched, leaving with possibilities only to the users of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the United States.
What news offers the Nintendo Switch 2?
The first generation of this console generated sales of more than 150 million units among its different models, representing a Renacer for Nintendo in the industry.
That is why the Switch 2 promises improvements that will make the game experience even better, including a screen that is now larger, from 6.2 to 7.9 inches, which will also offer a visual quality of 1080p up to 120 fps, twice as much as the previous console and support up to 4K with the dock.
The console adds an additional USB-C port at the top that will facilitate the device while playing in portable mode. This port will also serve to connect the new camera announced by the brand. The other novelties include a better speaker, improved controls, better microphone to enjoy online friends and audio through compatible headphones.
The countries where the Nintendo Switch 2 will not be launched in an official way:
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Guatemala
- Belice
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico (Unde Territory of the United States)
- Treat
- Barbados
- The Bahamas
- Santa Lucia
- Granada
- Ancient and Barbuda
- San Vicente and the Grenadines
- San Cristóbal y Nieves
- Dominica
In this way, those interested in acquiring this video game console in Venezuela and other affected countries will have to resort to third parties, which could generate cost overruns compared to the official price of estimated by Nintendo 449 dollars the console or $ 499 in combo with the new game Mario Kart World.
By Sergio Ramos MontoyaEditor in Social Geek, and contributor in Entrepreneur and Forbes in Spanish. Expert in technology issues that you enjoy learning about startups, entrepreneurship and innovation. Special for The National.
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