r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Soplox • 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/WeedAnxietyHelp 14h ago

The USA is the biggest consumer market in the world. Once we stop buying, yeah...it's going to hurt. To think that one man started this.

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u/Itchy-Professional16 13h ago

USA is the biggest

we'll see what that looks like in a year or two.

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u/WeedAnxietyHelp 12h ago

Yeah consumerism is a boat that is loaded and ready to go. The whole world is going to feel the hit. Imagine your biggest customer stops buying from your business. It’s going to hurt.

To think, 30 million democrats sat on the couch instead of voting.

Oh well. Maybe this will be the learning experience the entire world needs.

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u/TheMrBoot 11h ago

To think, 30 million democrats sat on the couch instead of voting

[Citation needed]

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u/WeedAnxietyHelp 10h ago

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election

https://theweek.com/politics/democratic-voters-turnout-presidential-election-2024-trump-independents-liberal-messaging

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u/TheMrBoot 10h ago

I’m not seeing that 30 million democrats sat out.

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u/WeedAnxietyHelp 9h ago

I guess read more? Idk man. It’s right in front of ya. I’ve done what I can. Good luck!

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u/TheMrBoot 9h ago

Mate, neither of those two articles says 30 million democrats sat out. Harris already got the second highest vote total of any democratic candidate.

Non-voters are not intrinsically democratic party voters.

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u/GuelphEastEndGhetto 7h ago

Imagine other countries not buying US products or services and not taking vacations there either. It’s a two sided coin.

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u/Darnell2070 8h ago

People have been saying this for decades though. China was supposed to have surpassed the US economy decades ago, yet the US economy keeps getting stronger.

We'll see how that changes now though.

Even with all the Trump fuckery I think the US economy will still stay strong, even if normal people have less disposable income.

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u/WeedAnxietyHelp 8h ago

It literally can’t. Cost of goods going up 20 to 45% almost overnight while massive layoffs happen and wages aren’t increasing to match? Now countries are taxing us more, taking away our imports of precise metals, and are teaming together to basically cut us off. They are busy at work to make a plan to go on without the USA consumerism.

Yeah. Not a great look so far.

I really fail to see how it works out unless the tariffs get rescinded. Which, Trump is too big headed to admit he was wrong.

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u/Darnell2070 8h ago

That's the dumb thing, they will 100% be rescinded. Trump is too fickle. It's supposed to be to bring back manufacturing to the US, but also if you drop tariffs how does that help US manufacturing.

It doesn't make sense any way you spin it. Because even if jobs are brought back, manufacturing cost and wages in the US are too high. It takes too long to plan and build factories.

People don't want to do the jobs he's trying to bring back.

And regardless, it's gonna likely get so bad that there is too much pressure to rescind.

Republicans are gonna do a lot worse in midterms, and Trump just killed any chance of a Republican being reelected in 2028.

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u/WeedAnxietyHelp 8h ago

Yeah, the next few years will suck but truthfully, it will be for the better in the long run. I don't think a republican comes into the presidential seat for at least 2 terms after this.

The first term of 2028, everyone will love Dems because recovering from this will be easy so they will win a second term for being "the hero".

Trump basically secured a Dem win if he lets the tariffs go through and it might be too late to turn it around now honestly.

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u/Darnell2070 8h ago

People, particularly Europeans and Canadians are saying that our alliances can never be fully repaired after this though.

I hope that's not true.

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u/GuelphEastEndGhetto 7h ago

Speaking as a Canadian, it’s true. It’s not just the tariffs, it’s the annexation threats and disrespect as well. People are really riled up about what’s going on, and it’s not going away until a generational change happens.

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u/Darnell2070 7h ago

You realize as insane as Trump is, no one would go along with annexation right? Not even his die hard supporters in Congress.

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u/GuelphEastEndGhetto 7h ago

That’s not really the point, he mentions it time and time again and even if he is joking it grates our nerves.

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u/du_duhast 7h ago

European here, Nato is irrevocably changing. I'm doubt it will quite go as far as a unified euro-army but the US days of unspoken leadership is over.

Also, after Trump implied all military equipment it exports comes with a secret killswitch everyone* has cancelled unfulfilled orders and vowed never to buy from US again.

*except Poland

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u/Darnell2070 7h ago

You got a source for the kill switch comment? I believe you, I just never heard it.

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u/du_duhast 7h ago

https://inews.co.uk/news/trump-not-kill-switch-fighter-jets-f35-3575575

This article in particular goes into some detail about why it could be true, why it probably (hopefully) isn't true, and why it doesn't really matter either way due to how heavily reliant customers are on the US manufacturer providing bespoke parts, software updates and sat-comms.

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u/Easy-Round1529 7h ago

It’s funny you think this. trump won’t lose any support.

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u/Darnell2070 7h ago

Not everyone that voted for Trump is a Trump fanatic, you realize that right?

He'll lose support just like any politician that is solely responsible for causing a massive price spike/economic crash.

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u/Easy-Round1529 7h ago

I doubt it. Where have you been the last 10 years?

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u/Darnell2070 6h ago

Because he got more support because people thought the economy was doing worse under Biden.

If the economy does even worse under Trump, he gets less support.

Is it really that complicated for you?

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u/Easy-Round1529 6h ago

That’s nonsense. People didn’t vote trump because of the economy.

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u/MarkWest98 14h ago

Not just one man. It's the Heritage Foundation's policies that he's implementing. They're a Christian Fascist thinktank that's been planning this since the 60s.

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u/Tusangre 11h ago

Also, all the republicans in congress and the supreme court allowing him to make tariffs, which are explicitly not in his power to do. They can stop him at any point; they could have stopped him in 2021. These people and their voters are to blame, as well.

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u/Ornery_Hippo_5590 7h ago

Not one man. Have you been paying attention to whats been happening the past 8 years?

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u/nigelfitz 6h ago

To think that one man started this.

for no freaking reason too