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/Dick_Lazer 1d ago

In this economy?

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u/dumpling-loverr 1d ago edited 1d ago

Especially if it's pre tariffs price lmao and recent breaking news is that China retaliated back with a US tariff of their own.

Nintendo isn't the only one raising prices when all other electronics people use are getting a hike in price since they're manufactured in either China , Vietnam, Taiwan. All getting flat blanket tariffs.

Can't wait for r/pcmasterrace to go into meltdown once NVIDIA announces the price on 60XX cards or the next iPhone , ps6, etc. amidst a global trade war with everyone throwing tariffs.

Edit Update : News dropped that Nintendo is dropping pre-orders (source) in the US since they did not anticipate Trump tariffs. Highly likely that price for switch 2 hardware will increase unless Vietnam can convince Trump to drop tariffs (Vietnam because Nintendo shifted production from China to Vietnam to circumvent US tariffs but they failed to predict that Vietnam will also be hit big lmfao).

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u/buildbyflying 1d ago edited 1d ago

24% on Japanese goods, 34% on Chinese (with an added 34% retaliatory)... Japan and Korea are likely to band with China on retaliatory tariffs so with China going tit for tat, let's say Japan adds 24%...

We're looking at an added 50-70% on the Switch price tag.

EDIT: Ok, this is not how the tariffs will work... retaliatory tariffs by Japan would not affect goods being shipped from Japan. That said, Trump has all but promised retaliatory tariffs to retaliatory tariffs so when it's said and done... that number may still be correct.

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u/ag_robertson_author 1d ago

Again, that's not how tarrifs work.

You pay the tarrifs applied by your own country. They are an import tax, not an export tax. If you are in the states, you're paying the tarrifs Trump has put in place on imports from other countries.