{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-25T11:42:41.132Z","story":{"id":"r_6a341f0e33244c7eb88ea332","slug":"nintendo-removes-50-hour-playtime-requirement-for-switch-2-purchases","url":"https://yomimono.id/nintendo-removes-50-hour-playtime-requirement-for-switch-2-purchases","headline":"Nintendo Removes 50-Hour Playtime Requirement for Switch 2 Purchases","summary":"Nintendo changed the purchase conditions for the Switch 2 at the My Nintendo Store on May 25, removing the requirement that accounts have 50 or more hours of Switch playtime. The domestic version's price also rose from 49,980 yen to 59,980 yen, while the multilingual version's price stayed the same.","why_it_matters":"The removal of the playtime gate makes the console easier to buy for new or less active Nintendo accounts, even as the domestic model gets a 10,000 yen price hike.","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:16:32.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Game Spark"],"citations":[{"source":"Game Spark","title":"\"Switch 2\" Purchase Conditions Changed at My Nintendo Store - In Line with Today's May 25 Price Increase","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/25/166877.html"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}