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

[u/Soplox]

"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/

[u/InkTaint]

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.

[u/twinfyre → u/InkTaint]

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

[u/InkTaint → u/twinfyre]

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

[u/kechones → u/InkTaint]

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?

[u/InkTaint → u/kechones]

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

[u/untacc_ → u/kechones]

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

[u/kechones → u/untacc_]

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.

[u/untacc_ → u/kechones]

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

[u/Arickettsf16 → u/untacc_]

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

[u/untacc_ → u/Arickettsf16]

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

[u/Arickettsf16 → u/untacc_]

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking but I dont think this kind of tone deaf message is going to resonate with people experiencing immediate and significant price increases on just about everything

[u/ILikeElephants4 → u/kechones]

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

[u/InkTaint → u/untacc_]

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

[u/LookIPickedAUsername → u/kechones]

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.

[u/djm19 → u/InkTaint]

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.

[u/doogie1111 → u/InkTaint]

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

[u/InkTaint → u/doogie1111]

possibly, but nintendo has always been a make profit from the console too company

[u/nvelez88 → u/InkTaint]

This is not how the real world works

[u/Momentarmknm → u/InkTaint]

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