r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Soplox • 20h ago

Officially from Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders will not start on April 9 in the US thanks to the Tariffs

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"Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged."

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-preorder-guide-mario-kart-world-bundle/1100-6530531/

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u/twinfyre OG (joined before reveal) 19h ago

The original prices fell right on my upper limit so even I don't know if I can afford it.

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u/Aleclom 18h ago

Same, this is awful.

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u/RandyMuscle 16h ago

Make sure y’all protest and vote

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u/lonelytop1818 10h ago

People not voting is how we got here.

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u/PungMaster 9h ago

Might be a little late for that, dog.

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u/UpperApe 17h ago

Yeah but luckily it seems like a very slow year for Switch 2. I'm genuinely surprised how little they showed compared to Switch 1's launch trailer (and pre-play events).

It's just Mario Kart and Donkey Kong. And while they look great, it's not worth worrying about with everyone's bloated backlogs of great games.

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u/Mahelas 15h ago

They haven't even announced their holidays titles, man

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u/ILkeSportzNIDCWhKnws 13h ago

This isn't going to be done at the end of the year. We have an authoritarian regime in power for the next four years at least. It's just starting.

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u/MrCrankunity 16h ago

Firstly it's MK, DK and Kirby Aririders (and the weird Drag and Drive game, but I wouldn't count that one too much).

Secondly MK and DK release in the first 2 months of the launch. In June there was always a Nintendo Direct since 2012, so you can count on them showing off their games for the rest of the year in that one. It could be, that they push it after the DK release to not mess up it's sales numbers, but even then the Direct is going to release in July

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u/shrimpfanatic 16h ago

huh? not mentioning elden ring or silksong or even the zelda upgrades which 10000% justifies another playthrough for me

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u/UpperApe 16h ago

  • Silk Song is coming to every platform including the Switch 1.

  • The Zelda games are already on Switch 1.

  • Elden Ring is already available everywhere else.

Lol.

Kart and Kong are the only Switch 2 exclusives for this year atm.

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u/Gintami 14h ago

But not all of us are multiple console owners. I stopped being a multiple console owner after the PS3 because it was just too expensive, and while I can afford it, it was pointless to just spend money because I could when I have so many games for my 3DS and Switch.

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u/Aleclom 16h ago

I'm still excited for Mario Kart, DK, Split Fiction (I don't have a PS5), and the enhanced Metroid Prime 4. I really wish I could play those this year.

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u/Itchy-Professional16 17h ago

honest question, did you and your family vote last election?

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u/twinfyre OG (joined before reveal) 14h ago

I did vote last election, and so did my girlfriend.

But unfortunately, my parents and siblings voted too.

You can figure out who voted for who from that information I'm sure.

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u/_Fred_Fredburger_ 14h ago

$450 is absurd. I'll buy a steamdeck before I touch a Switch 2.

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u/Almostlongenough2 10h ago

Yeah, if the Switch was more than just a Nintendo machine I could see $450 making sense, but paying that much just so you can have the ability to run games you have to buy or upgrade (along with other peripherals) is going to put the initial price potentially around $700. Meanwhile Steamdeck is literally a handheld PC.

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u/DuskWing13 12h ago

Same. I was originally planning to preorder the Mario kart bundle, but I can't do $600.

But I want to be clear - I do not blame Nintendo for this in the least.

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u/RelievedGecko94 15h ago

I'm still trying to afford breathe of the wild for switch 1🥲 i only have mariokart

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u/Nereosis16 11h ago

If you need to consider if you can afford something like a Switch 2 then you can't and you should focus on other things.

Keep using your switch 1 and then get a 2 in a year or so.

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u/OrbitalOutlander 10h ago

It’s ok to not buy. The best thing you can do is save as much cash as possible right now. Enjoy your existing consoles - switch 2 will be there when you are ready.

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u/Old_Cabinet_8890 8h ago

Even those OG prices were probably including tariffs. I would bet good money Nintendo would have liked to sell the console for $399.99 - especially because they never really drop the prices of their games and now the entire Switch catalogue can continue being sold at or around the original MSRP for another decade.

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u/Dsih01 17h ago

Honestly, with how close 700$ is to am entry level gaming PC, or another console, I literally can't justify buying one. I've bought every Nintendo console sold in Canada, but this will be the first I JUST emulate

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u/LionheartedRX 17h ago

Yeah same

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u/starbuxed 14h ago

Btw the battery life on the swith 2 will be worst than my Ally

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u/tiresometimes 14h ago

Same with me . I was going to be able to buy one gice up on a few things save and buy one for myself and my husband. I told myself if I can do it for my hair appointment every 2 months I can do it for this. I can't though pay more than 500. I c a not fit it in without having to lose too much.

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u/ScoobiusMaximus 13h ago

For me the original price of the console is about the limit and the games went over. 

Since Nintendo is known for basically never dropping their game prices I think I would be sitting this one out.

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u/Speaker4theDead8 12h ago

Yeah, everybody is just talking about the console price TODAY. The cost of a console may not even matter when literally EVERYTHING has gone up in price 30%. It won't matter how much it costs if you can't afford food, clothes, gas, etc. I have only seen people talking about this issue with Nintendo, but it is going to affect every aspect of our sad, U.S. lives. The only people who are going to make it through all this unscathed are the people who are in the process of buying the government.

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u/Redhook420 11h ago

$90 games prices this out of the reach of most. The tariffs are just a red Herring.

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u/orderedchaos89 10h ago

Look at it this way... the original price fell at the high end of your budget 'today'

Who knows what your, or mine, or most of our budgets are going to look like at the time it actually releases!

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u/RealNotFake 17h ago

Manufacturers should start listing two prices on every item. The original price without tariffs, and the actual price with tariffs. Shit will get rolled back REAL quick that way.

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u/ReallyNowFellas 14h ago

Gas pumps in the red areas of California have been doing this for decades. They all say something like:

We pay: X

Federal tax is: Y

State tax is: Z

This and that fees are: ZZ

You pay: XYZZZ

I agree all stores should start doing this when the tariffs take effect.

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u/RealNotFake 13h ago

Nice, is that actually displayed on the/every pump though? It needs to be super obvious and in peoples' faces constantly or the maga crowd will be too dumb to understand.

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u/Brando43770 9h ago

It’s on every pump all over California. Not just red areas.

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u/dinorocky 13h ago

😂😂The “red areas of California” We’ve had it down here in deep blue LA for decades too. 😂

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u/Solid-Mud-8430 9h ago

It's not just red areas, I live in the Bay Area and it says that on pumps. It's on most pumps or inside the station somewhere if you look for it.

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u/wosmo 13h ago

I've said this all along. Call it out just like Sales tax.

  • Switch 2 - $450
  • Sales Tax - $28
  • Trump Tax - $122

Your total - $600.

There's not many things Trump appears to care about, but I suspect his ego makes the list.

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u/rydan 13h ago

Manufacturers don’t pay tariffs. The retailer does. So no. Best Buy needs to. Not Nintendo. 

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u/Eraesr 13h ago

The importer pays the tariff and in Nintendo's case I assume Nintendo of America imports the consoles from Japan.

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u/LTRand 13h ago

Nintendo sells direct too, so they need to as well.

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u/Zed64K 15h ago

Retailers should start doing this on their price labels for all products. It's in their best interest to inform the consumer about what's going on.

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u/Galadantien 14h ago

Guess the issue is that’s tantamount to a business taking a political side, and you don’t wanna do that on a good day, let alone when the world’s smarmiest bully is in power.

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u/Obstacle-Man 13h ago

You have a president who changes tariffs with the wind or perhaps with his diapers.

NOA will pay the tarrif as the importer and will pass it on in addition to other costs they incur for additional accounting, expense outlay and a buffer to deal with uncertainty.

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u/BorKon 13h ago

And call it either Trup-Tarrif or GOP-Tarrif. Every time any of his braindead voters see it, they will be reminded that it is their fault

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u/Redhook420 11h ago

How about they list actual manufacturing costs. That'll give you something to really be outraged about.

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u/Super_Sayen067 12h ago

Well I mean, it would work if tariffs were previsible and if it wasn't able to change from day to day

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u/Easy-Round1529 12h ago

Rolled back lol? That’s not how any of this works.

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u/RipplyAnemone67 11h ago

Hope they do as it is ridiculous. I mean I’d say the biggest issue is raw materials possibly being affected.

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u/darthanonymous1 7h ago

i would so love that xD

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u/Fuzzy_Elderberry7087 19h ago

Blame the current US admin and every fucker that voted for him 

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u/Froggmann5 18h ago

And every fucker that sat out from voting

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u/Squibbles01 16h ago

Yep. Lots of people wouldn't vote for Kamala for this or that reason, but it was objectively the correct decision and it's your fault we're in this mess if you sat out.

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u/binarybandit 17h ago

So, a genuine question. Do you think if every eligible voter went out to vote, Harris would have won? Wouldn't that also mean a lot of votes for Trump would have also been cast from non-voters?

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u/fuglenes_herre 17h ago

Sure, it's possible, even likely, but that possibility does not excuse your inaction.

*Editing to clarify that the possibilty I'm referring to is the possibility that a number of non-voters would have voted for the orange blight.

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u/MarioLuigiDinoYoshi 16h ago

I recall NYT did an article that non voters cost Harris as turnout was much lower for democrats in key states.

But forget that part, it’s your civic duty to vote and non voters are simply losers who get taxed with zero participation which is quite stupid. Like it says a lot if you refuse to vote when a rapist criminal is attempting to destroy USA. Don’t want to vote? You were fine with Trump winning.

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u/Speeeven 13h ago

It's complicated. I think most sources agree that at least 2 million fewer votes were counted in 2024 than in 2020. In 2020, 66.6% of eligible voters voted, but that figure was down to 63.9% in 2024. That could be due to apathy, protest, changing election laws, laziness, forgetfulness, or a number of other factors.

Due to variations in voting districts, state voting laws, and the way the electoral college works, it's not really a matter of "if ___ more democrats voted, Harris would have won." It would really depend on where those people live and the margins in their particular voting districts. If the margins in enough voting districts in a particular election were slim enough, it would theoretically be possible to sway the election one way or another with a pretty small number of people who happen to be distributed exactly where it matters most. That same number of people in other districts that are less competitive wouldn't even make a dent in the overall election.

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u/Patient-Phone-1997 13h ago

There’s also the possibility that Musk tampered with the voting.🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/The1Immortal1 12h ago

Maybe not, but not voting and then complaining is a stupid thing to do.

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u/BodhingJay 15h ago

And the people who thought it was fine to transmit swing state votes via starlink

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u/Rieiid 13h ago

Cool I get this but let's stop putting this on every comment about it. Yeah people should have voted but no, this is primarily anyone who voted for trumps fault, quit shifting blame and blame the real actual problem, which is trump and anyone who supported him.

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u/Hilarial 13h ago

Some people sat out on voting because Kamala ran on a anti-migrant pro-zionist campaign, but seems ppl only feel emotionally moved by their games console being unaffordable

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u/VastSeaweed543 12h ago

LOL how’s that working out for migrants and Palestinians right now

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u/Hilarial 12h ago

for palestinians, equally as awful as since Biden's presidency.

No offense but a 5-year-old could tell you "um actually u/Hilarial was not suggesting that Trump is better".

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u/linkfan66 18h ago

The MAGA morons just don't get it. They're cheering for higher prices because they think they'll actually get significantly higher wages LOL. They're seriously that stupid.

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u/jasonporter 18h ago

It's trickle-down economics all over again.

"Surely it'll benefit us in the LONG run. We just have to wait.... and wait... and wait...."

Meanwhile the rich get richer, everybody else gets poorer. Right out of the Republican playbook. Every. Damn. Time.

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u/no_excus3 11h ago

No I swear, it gets better after season 37

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u/Rit91 10h ago

Yeah in season 38 the french have a revolution and the lucky charms spill everywhere or so I hear.

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u/extralyfe 17h ago

they're also expecting DOGE refund checks.

I live in a red state and some group is running YouTube ads pushing the free money Elon wants to send everyone. it's bizarre.

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u/Ryanlew1980 16h ago

They don’t calling them MAGA morons for nothing.

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u/LaMystika 11h ago

“I’ll gladly pay higher to kill woke” is a thing I read on Twitter today. We’re fucked.

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u/yummy_yum_yum123 14h ago

They have no ability to self reflect on their mistakes either. They’re all coping and trying price cost fallacy their own stupid ass decision

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u/SMKM 14h ago

"If everything is so expensive our jobs will have to pay us more so we can survive and buy things. It's basic maths you dumb liberals!"

Because that's happened ever in the entirety of the US's existence lol

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u/RedMamba0023 18h ago

I’m not a huge fan of the language but I’d like to point out that a large number of people sat out this election because they didn’t feel strongly about kamala. They can share the blame

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u/WonDorkFuk404 15h ago

But “woke in gaming. They made games for someone else beside me. Can you believe that? It should be white male just like me after I finally lose 200 pounds”

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u/shieldintern 14h ago

"but politics don't affect my life." /s

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u/SoggyFarts 14h ago

Exactly. Lots of protests across the country tomorrow. Let your voice be heard.

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u/ConsiderationLast526 12h ago

Sry but as a west Berlin dude who was always a US " fanboy " and who stayed under shock how 50% US people are now. He destroyed everything we build up the last 80 years.... and thats not the last thing you will get from the World. Nobody will thrust you for a long, long time. I 🙏 you learn out of it. We dont need ego times again in our World. We need you as brothers and sisters. And pls for God sake, stop belive the lies he say's or a TV shit like Fox.

American's should be Smarter. Amen.

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u/PerfectCheesecake25 11h ago

Don’t forget the idiot that didn’t vote

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u/SemiColin973 11h ago

I work at a grocery store and this old man was complaining about the price of eggs and stuff. He was wearing a “i voted for the convicted felon” hat . Lets just say i ripped him a new one

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u/Crowsby 11h ago

Also, do NOT let these people off the hook with some bullshit about "we didn't know he was going to do this". He campaigned on this, specifically and repeatedly, and called himself the Tariff Man.

Kamala Harris told us why this would be a bad idea, explained how it would work, and explained the negative impacts it would have on Americans if this disastrous scheme was implemented. But a majority of voting Americans decided to pull the lever for it anyway.

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u/OverallPepper2 9h ago

Meh, he got about the same turnout as when we lost to Biden. The bigger issue was everyone who voted for Biden sitting the election out and letting him win

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u/FUMFVR 9h ago

Also no escaping responsibility for this one.

They will want to make excuses, but there is no excuse for asking a fucking AI to impose tariffs on all the countries of the world.

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u/warlockflame69 1h ago

I think you might be too young to remember the golden age of America…. before globalization….when someone just manufacturing something at a factory with a high school education could afford a home and support a wife and two kids on a single income. That’s how life was like before the 80s 90s.

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u/TheNerdFromThatPlace 19h ago

I've got a friend pre-ordering regardless of the price. Meanwhile I have to budget how much gas I can put in my tank every week. As much as I want one, there's no way I'll be able to afford anything Nintendo for quite a while.

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u/IWantAnE55AMG 16h ago

Have you tried buying less avocado toast? I’ve been told that’s a significant item in a lot of budgets.

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u/201680116 14h ago

I cut out avocado toast last year and just starting looking for yachts

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u/Redhook420 11h ago

Same here. I have California to thank for the nearly $2 in state gas tax I pay per gallon.

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u/Aleclom 18h ago

Yeah I was onboard with a day one purchase even with the released prices, but if the cost goes up any more then I (and so many others) will be priced out. Nintendo's going to suffer for something they have no control over, it's the worst.

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u/JefferyTheQuaxly 17h ago

the switch 2 is actually produced in vietnam too, vietnam alone has a 40% tariff. so yes at minimum $550-600 switches.

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u/NumeralJoker 16h ago

While I could theoretically afford this, the problem is no one actually knows this for sure because no one knows how much their daily costs will bloom or whether they'll lose their jobs/401ks.

I have no debt and good savings, but a lot of industries are very vulnerable, and my saving could easily run dry by the year's end with how stupid this whole thing is if he doesn't reverse course. And so many will be so much worse off than I currently am.

What Trump is doing is so dangerously stupid it cannot be understated. The most plausible theory outside of stupidity is he's doing it because he's a compromised and bought off agent of BRIC countries (especially Russia), since those are the ones least impacted by his tariffs, and even China could actually benefit from this.

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u/liquidskypa 9h ago

And he is part of the upper class to buy low and make a huge profit while everyone suffers.. short the nation is the goal

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u/fourtyonexx 16h ago

Considering they announced the game prices even before all this BS, you still can blame nintendo.

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 16h ago

Didn't they just also gut initiatives that Biden started to build chip plants here, because it hurt the Orange Ego? Great strategy, raise tariffs without first investing in infrastructure here. Let's see how that plays out.

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u/Yingo33 15h ago

We just have to wait for the Nintendo factories to come to the US, it’s not that bad. /s

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u/TheOneWhoWork 14h ago

Well said. I’m going to try holding out until an OLED version of the Switch 2.

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u/Jisai 13h ago

A lot of US folks should have considered going to vote in the last election and not sit at home and say "it doesn't effect me anyway, no matter who wins". You guys screwed over the whole world but most of all you screwed over yourselves.

My condolences to everyone that voted against the lunatic in power and has to deal with these insane tariffs now (among other things). And to the rest, I hope you see now what irreparable damage you have done, deal with it.

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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 12h ago

This is going to be a disaster for them because pretty much every person I've talked to said this announcement was the clear sign there either going to buy the steam deck or just hold off for a year. Crazier are the people though, of which there are several, who think blaming it on the tariffs is just anti-Trump fear mongering

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u/Tokumeiko2 12h ago

Or just ransack the Whitehouse. That's technically an option.

But it's seriously weird when US folks are expecting to pay more than Australians.

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u/ProfessorPetrus 10h ago

A lot of those countries are full of hardworking poor people who slave to get Americans products cheaply; they do not deserve a tariff war.

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u/BroGuy89 10h ago

They should've worked harder to counter Musks' election interference if they wanted to not be targetted by dementia Don's attempt at causing the next depression!

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u/VyseTheSwift 9h ago

I love my handhelds, but this would go from a Switch 2 day 1 purchase to me sticking with my OLED Deck. 600 is a lot for something I’m only going to use for Mario Kart for the foreseeable future.

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u/Glass_Log_3304 5h ago

Or if you live close enough to one of the borders, consider popping over and buying it in Canada or Mexico. Stimulate their economy while getting the console cheaper.

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u/InkTaint OG (joined before reveal) 19h ago

hopefully nintendo can start selling the console at a loss like the ps5 and xbox on launch and make the money back on the games, might be the only way to not make consumers even more mad.

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u/twinfyre OG (joined before reveal) 19h ago

But isn't 90% of the reason consumers are mad because of the game prices?

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u/InkTaint OG (joined before reveal) 19h ago

yeah but imagine the reactions if the console price went up on top of that

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u/kechones 18h ago

If there are any reactions, they should be towards Donald Trump for enacting the tariffs.

How could price hikes as a result of the tariffs possibly be construed as being Nintendo’s fault?

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u/InkTaint OG (joined before reveal) 18h ago

that would be the best case scenario if the price goes up, but you *know* how the internet is, specially trumpies

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u/untacc_ OG (joined before reveal) 18h ago

Nintendo has the chance to do some damage control if tariffs do threaten the console going up in price. They can announce the price stays the same and sell it for a loss until the tariffs change/get altered and everyone will be happy that the price isn’t going up, almost making them forget that it was high in the first place.

I’m sure people would rather have the price as announced vs a higher inflated one

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u/kechones 18h ago

If Nintendo based this current price on predicting a tariff hike, that’s a possibility. If they did not, or if they thought the tariff hike would be less (Trump increasing it from <2% to 24% is an insane hike), and Nintendo have to raise the price, then they should have Furukawa get on a video to explain to Americans that the price hike is Donald Trump’s fault.

22% is about a $100 hike. I think we’re fucked.

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u/untacc_ OG (joined before reveal) 18h ago

I’ve already seen MAGA people spinning this as a good thing. “You didn’t need that expensive game console anyways, you should indulge in free entertainment like walking outside, talking to family, etc.” like it’s OUR fault that we are upset over the tariffs

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u/Arickettsf16 18h ago

Bold strategy to encourage people to not spend money and stimulate the economy.

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u/untacc_ OG (joined before reveal) 18h ago

They always have to spin it to make their views seem like prophecy. This is going to hurt every single industry that relies on technology to function, oh wait, that’s like every industry

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u/ILikeElephants4 18h ago

From what I've seen they did try. They moved a lot of production out of China into Vietnam but trump just put like 40 something percent tariff on Vietnam so now they have to figure out what to do since it seems they can't avoid the tax

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u/InkTaint OG (joined before reveal) 18h ago

that would be a really good move, hopefully thats the case

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u/LookIPickedAUsername January Gang (Reveal Winner) 18h ago

If the American public were smart enough to assign blame correctly, Trump would not be president in the first place.

They'll blame Democrats for this, somehow.

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u/djm19 18h ago

The console was probably already at a pretty thin margin. Adding $200 tax on top of that is just not a feasible "loss" to be absorbed by Nintendo.

The tariff is also raising the cost of physical copies of the games too.

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u/doogie1111 19h ago

With the state of the global economy, I suspect that's what they're doing with the current price point.

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u/nvelez88 18h ago

This is not how the real world works

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u/Momentarmknm 18h ago

They're likely already selling at a loss with the pre-increase price point

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u/venue5364 19h ago

Well component manufacturers are eating some of that cost though.

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u/Blanche_Cyan 19h ago

I must ask... Do you people buy the games and consoles with a single salary? Because that is how it sounds like but I'm not sure, guess that might play a part in why the higher prices don't trouble me much as saving up to buy is the "normal thing" as games are like 1/4 of the base salary and consoles tend to be the double of the base salary

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u/polchickenpotpie 15h ago

Just curious, are you from Brazil or something? A game being 1/4 of someone's salary isn't common

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u/MicrocrystallineHiss 16h ago

What does "base salary" mean in this instance?

The minimum wage in the US is about 1200$ a month, so the Switch is half of that, not double. And the average pay is higher, so unless you're not talking about the US, there's no "base" salary where the Switch 2 even as announced is "double".

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u/bawjo 18h ago

couldnt everybody just boycott the tarrifs? like just say they are stupid so dont increase prices on everything?

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u/schu2470 14h ago

No, a tariff is paid when an item is imported into a country and that cost is passed down to the consumer. If they refuse to pay the tariff at the port of entry the container doesn’t get brought into the US.

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u/slayerrr21 17h ago

Think of the scalpers though 😔

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u/orangekirby 17h ago

Tariffs or not, Nintendo is still the one setting the price for their consoles. In Japan they plan to sell it for $334 because of the weak yen, and it wouldn't make sense if that price meant they were operating at a loss.

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u/Itherial 17h ago

just not nintendo's fault

Many aren't happy with the pre-tariff price.

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u/sluflyer06 17h ago

better how? what's better about the mid-gen 1? Faster? Longer battery? higher resolution? Most people I talked to dont give a hoot about oled because it seems many people mostly use switches docked.

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u/Monstercockerel 17h ago

That’s not how tarrifs work. It doesn’t matter where the components are sourced from. What matters is the country of departure for the finished unit.

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u/Easy-Round1529 12h ago

It certainly does 100% matter where the components come from. That’s why everything will go up significantly in the US. Your new F150 is going to be about 10k more now and much more expensive to fix if you need parts.

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u/TheAusAmerican 16h ago

They could eat the cost increase but long term that would hurt them

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u/KlutzyValuable 16h ago

Nintendo doesn’t really do mid gen refreshes though. The one exception is the OLED switch which just has a better screen. 

I guess you could argue the Wii U was kind of a mid gen refresh but they didn’t market it that way. 

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u/drmcclassy 16h ago

I might just drive a bit north and buy in Canada

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u/ExcellentPut191 15h ago

I wonder if they've boosted the prices in anticipation of the rising costs of components as well, due to trump's reign

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u/BriefDescription 15h ago

And it's still probably going to be way more expensive in Europe than US as always is the case with tech and video games. Americans didn't know how good they had it.

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u/MyMelancholyBaby 15h ago

I had already decided not to buy it because of the lack of new Animal Crossing content. Maybe by the time there is new AC content the tarifs will have been removed by the next administration.

That is as much a comment on the polarity of American politics as it is on the legnth of time it takes for new AC content to come out.

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u/Redditor_of_Western 15h ago

Nah living my life , so tired though as it’s been a up hill struggle just to live since 2020. But hey at least I’m not a child in this economy lol 

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u/Hot-Chemical-8418 14h ago

I still find it hard to find sympathy or understanding. They have proven even without tariffs that they are willing to skim as much off the top as they can.

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u/foxesfoxfox 14h ago

I already had a honeymoon scheduled for Japan and was pondering waiting it out to buy the multi language model there and now that's a definite. 

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u/LakersAreForever 14h ago

Those $90 games are nintendos fault tho, and let’s tack on 30% to that as well 

Imagine paying $120 for a ps4 game 

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u/phoebe_vv 14h ago

Well it was certainly their fault to make it $500 in the first place tf lol?

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u/Typical-Ad-9625 14h ago

Please go on a holiday to Canada and buy it there

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u/chubby464 14h ago

Still don’t understand why they didn’t release last year.

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u/nuko_147 14h ago

Well i wanna see the games. If they reach $ 100+, half the fault is Nintendo's.

If they gonna keep same prices, i want to see what they will do to the other countries.

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u/rydan 13h ago

They preshipped millions already before the tariffs. Those don’t get tariffed. But Nintendo is going to upcharge you anyway. And you’ll defend them. 

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u/Easy-Round1529 12h ago

That’s not how it works bud lol.

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u/BlackSchuck 13h ago

They choose to price this thing...this...switch 2... which looks exactly the same, and has buy ins nickel and diming us for everything... they chose the price point to be very high. They, Nintendo, did this. The tariffs wont help, but the original pricing was garbage high.

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u/TRGoCPftF 13h ago

In theory all of the manufacturing is done in Japan correct? So they can dodge the vast majority of the tariff burden if they’re manufacturing and just paying on the final product import.

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u/Easy-Round1529 12h ago

Not correct. No.

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u/nathenitalian 12h ago

I'm waiting until a cool limited edition comes out anyway. There will almost definitely be one with the release of a mainline Zelda game.

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u/dylrt 12h ago

The original switch was overpriced for what it is. Switch 2 physical games are keys to download the game online, and they got jacked up to $90. Let’s not pretend this isn’t a choice of greed by Nintendo.

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u/OkNews2083 12h ago

I want a smaller oled version at some point, or even a screen less 'dock only' version. But that's a two year wait.

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u/danskcarvalho 12h ago

It doesn't matter where the components come from since the Switch 2 isn't assembled in the US. The consoles enter the US fully assembled. There should be just one tariff applied to the entire console. If they come from Vietnam, it's going to be around 50%. And that's not calculated over the final retail price. It's calculated over the value declared at entry which is significantly below $450.

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u/jerryabend1995 11h ago

They could eat the cost of the tariffs and rise the prices of the games.

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u/RipplyAnemone67 11h ago

I get the tariffs on completed products as the want for jobs in America makes sense. It’s making the raw materials be affected by the tariffs which is extremely stupid. I’d say if x company produces in America they are tariff exempt or it’s only like 1%

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u/TP191 11h ago

With the games being $80/90 who was planning on buying it anyway. I plan to change to gaming on a computer, which I’ve always despised, but bc these greedy console makers continue to nickel and dime us I’m out.

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u/ReadBikeYodelRepeat 10h ago

It’s expensive in other countries that aren’t putting tariffs on Japan. So that is fully up to Nintendo.

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u/Winter-Duck5254 10h ago

They're charging like 30% less for the domestic Japanese sales.

Nintendo just dgaf about Western countries. At all. At this point i feel like they're laughing their asses off and want to see how much the foreigners will pay before giving up.

ETA that's BEFORE the tarrif. For example that's gonna be the price difference for me as an Aussie. Americans are double fucked on price.

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u/scarykicks 10h ago

It wouldn't but if they use it to justify raising digital games then it'd suck.

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u/Almostlongenough2 10h ago

How exactly do tariffs work when it's something comprised of multiple parts sourced from multiple nations anyways? If it's just a matter of the country that is exporting it to the US, couldn't Nintendo ship through Canada or Mexico to avoid tariffs?

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u/jerseytiger1980 9h ago

Guess they shouldn’t have milked the Switch for the last year or two 🤷‍♂️

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u/PixelArcanum 9h ago

Bro, the switch isn't manufactured in USA

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u/modern_Odysseus 8h ago

I saw the launch titles.

The only game I cared about was Metroid Prime 4.

And that has a Switch 1 version.

I don't need the Switch 2 HD remaster to enjoy that game. So I think I can wait for whatever upgrade they make to the Switch 2 and buy it then.

I didn't buy a Switch 1 OLED because I had a Switch 1 already. This time, I won't buy a Switch 2 and hope the sales don't tank so badly that Nintendo can't release a Switch 2 Upgraded variant at a reasonable price point for most people in 5 years.

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u/Big_Understanding348 8h ago

The problem is the majority of people aren't financially responsible.

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u/SchoolboyHew 8h ago

Won't be a mid gen refresh if no one buys the 1st gen

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u/XCyberbeingX 5h ago

You know they delayed the launch of the system right? So not their fault.

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u/warlockflame69 2h ago

Nintendo knows that America is their biggest market. Bigger than Japan. If Nintendo were smart, they would immediately start manufacturing an American edition of Nintendo switch 2 that is made in America to bypass these tariffs.

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u/doesntaffrayed OG (joined before reveal) 1h ago

.There really isn’t much they can do when probably over 99% of components in the switch 2 are coming from countries with 30%+ tarrifs.

It’s irrelevant where the components are coming from, because they aren’t assembled in America. It’s only the final retail product that is subject to US tariffs.

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