The Nintendo Switch gets a rare discount

For a limited time, the Nintendo Switch – now officially Nintendo’s best-selling home console – is $280 ($300) via Daily Steals if you use GameSpot’s special discount code. To get the lowest price, use this link and add the Switch to your cart. Price listed is higher than normal for some reason, but use code “GSNSWCH” upon checkout and the final price will drop to $280. Note that this offer is for the standard Switch model with neon red and blue Joy-cons, not the Switch OLED or Switch Lite.

While it’s not the lowest price we’ve seen the Switch sell for, it’s rare for the console to go on sale, and $20 off is a decent discount, so it’s worth taking advantage of. offer while it lasts. And you can invest the money you’ve saved on the console into a new game, as many first-party Nintendo games rarely drop in price outside of annual events like Black Friday. If you’re not sure which games to start with, check out our list of the 30 best Nintendo Switch games for some suggestions.

Alternatively, you can also use that money you save on the console to buy a subscription to the Nintendo Switch Online service, which includes access to a bunch of great retro games from the NES, SNES, Sega Genesis and Nintendo 64, as well as free games like Tetris 99 and Pac-Man 99, and other perks.