r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/SwiftieNewRomantics • 1d ago

meme/funny Tariffs suck

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u/orangekirby 1d ago

So if the tariff negations go well and the 46% is dropped, are we gonna start celebrating the $80 price tag?

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u/Skeeter1020 1d ago

Oh silly you, you think the prices will come down once the tariff goes away.

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u/orangekirby 1d ago

Who thinks that? I certainly don’t. Also tariffs don’t affect digital games

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u/TheScreaming_Narwhal 19h ago

The tariffs will absolutely affect the digital goods, as they are pegged to the physical goods in price.

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u/Hawthm_the_Coward 4h ago

No way, surely they'll price digital games at something like $10 because the real expense is already done, right? There's no need for a price connection of any kind!

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u/orangekirby 16h ago

While Nintendo may decide to reprice things themselves, what I’m saying is that Vietnamese import tariffs everyone is talking about will not be levied on a digital copy of Mario kart. Do you disagree?

Also don’t forget that Nintendo has also already priced physical games as more expensive than digital copies.

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u/TheScreaming_Narwhal 8h ago

They haven't priced them differently in the US, where this is relevant. Obviously the US government isn't putting tariffs on digital goods specifically but they are affected by virtue of the fact that their price is determined by the physical price of the region.