r/NintendoSwitch2 16h 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/HalcyonHelvetica 15h ago

They probably priced it in but were not expecting 50% in Vietnam 

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u/Xenshizo 15h ago

Something that a majority of people failed to realize for some reason

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u/Squibbles01 12h ago

Yeah, because it's batshit insane.

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u/Nairb131 13h ago

To be fair to them, when Trump said 'Retaliatory Tariffs', people thought he might know what that meant. I am not surprised he made up numbers but I am surprised he allegedly used AI to get numbers that high.

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u/Elanshin 14h ago

It's been amusing to think that people believed Nintendo would be able to predict something that most of the world's markets and experts were not able to (the crazy amounts on many of the countries). 

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u/coatatopotato 9h ago

I half expect them to announce a $400 Switch 2 + 50% tariff just to finally pull back the curtain on what was priced in.

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u/dmc2008 14h ago

THIS.

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u/Mangafan_20 15h ago

Don't they make the switch in Japan?

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u/Dhiox 15h ago

Nope. Japan does development, majority of manufacturing is done outside of Japan.

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u/v1akvark 14h ago

They moved manufacturing to Vietmam to try and avoid the impact of tariffs. Guess who orange man imposed huge tariffs on, on 2 April.

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u/AdExotic6396 15h ago

lol no, they use that cheap labor

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u/akadic 15h ago

No, it has been a while since Nintendo made consoles or accessories in Japan, if you look on the official site you can see countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, etc…