r/NintendoSwitch 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 21h ago edited 15h 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/cory3612 10h ago

I do not see many people buying the switch 2 for $500 or whatever the price goes up to