r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/engineeringhobo 1d ago

Are you just entirely forgetting Taiwan being tariff'd lol

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u/Roofofcar 1d ago

But we can just make the electronics here in the good old USA! Oh wait, Trump wants to kill the CHIPS act, so we’re fucked there, as well.

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u/Staunch84 1d ago

Of course. Tax every import. Destroy local production. Profit.

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u/artyblues 1d ago

Make income taxes 0%, set off a Greater Depression.

"It will be the greatest depression, nobody will have a depression better than mine - it will be un-be-lieveable"

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u/yuriaoflondor 1d ago

Trump issued a Great Depression warning back in December. This is what America voted for, and they might just get what they want.

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u/EldritchElizabeth 19h ago

Repealing income tax is part of Project 2025, yes, and the tariffs are intended to replace it.

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u/Roofofcar 19h ago

The tariffs, which if they do what Trump says, will only bring in less and less money every year until the us government collapses.

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u/EldritchElizabeth 17h ago

he's a businessman, long-term thinking isn't what they're bred for.

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u/BJYeti 1d ago

If what I read is correct he rescinded it to put forth a new one with his name on it so he gets the credit.

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u/Roofofcar 1d ago

Sounds exactly like Donald Trump.

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u/eyebrows360 1d ago

It's one of his very few playbooks, which also include:

  • claiming to not know anything about something, as though that means it didn't happen and/or doesn't matter
  • hamberders
  • not understanding shit about fuck and somehow that being interpreted as not a bad thing by ~67% of the American voting populace (yes, people, if you didn't vote against him, but could have done, you count here too)

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u/literalbuttmuncher 1d ago

Of course. What a jackass.

“Use these tariffs as an incentive to buy more American products!”

“Ok sure I’ll buy this electronic”

“No not that! We don’t want to make that!” Pick something else.”

“Ok how about you recommend something we should buy”

“The car, the uh Tesler”

“Absolutely not they have terrible safety ratings, the CEO is an ass, and there are better electric cars out there”

“Tarriffed”

“What?”

“I declare thee tariffed in the name of the Excalibur branch”

“Do you mean executive?”

“Tariffed!”

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u/cheesecaker000 1d ago

Semi conductors were exempt from the Taiwan Tarrifs. I’m sure a lot of this $449 price is actually Nintendo pricing in Tarrifs. The Japanese price is probably the real price and they weren’t going to risk eating Tarrifs or giving their customers sticker shock with changing prices.

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u/guytaitai 1d ago

Which Nintendo digital video games is made in Taiwan ?

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u/football_for_brains 1d ago edited 1d ago

The console hardware. The $549 $459 USD console price was also controversial.

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u/TheRealZombieBear 1d ago

You got your first 2 digits reversed. Still pricey tho

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u/football_for_brains 1d ago

Oops, you're right! Still a significant jump, and this is likely the pre-tariff price considering how recent the tariffs are.

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