At this point I expect any new console to easily be $500 USD. So I'm not surprised. The cost of games always seems high to me, but the truth is that there are games across a wide variety of price ranges. I think the thing that bothered me the most about the news for the Switch 2 was that there is a whole digital game that they hyped that would serve as a tour of the hardware and controls, but that it's an additional purchase. Unless I mis-heard something, that seems predatory to me, almost like charging for a tutorial. In the end, it's a minor thing. I'll probably end up getting the Switch 2 at some point, but I'm in no hurry.