Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Jack Up the Price of Your Switch 2 (and Everything Else)
The 10% baseline tariffs will hit April 5, with the larger tariffs coming into effect April 9.
But I don’t live in the US.
What makes you think everyone else’s MSRP isn’t based on influenced by the US MSRP
I don’t think that those prices for US reflect new tariffs in any way. First of all, they were announced before tariff rates but importantly it’s also a complete tossup if they’ll be in place by the summer and in what form. If they remain as they are then I think Americans will be paying noticeably more for their consoles and games.
Yeah, that's what makes this whole "Don't blame Nintendo, it's tariffs!" idea BS. If that were the case, it would only be this expensive in the US. Considering there's a Japan-only Switch 2 that's less than $350, it's pure greed.
Could it be both? The US market is so huge that tariffs would cause a huge dent on their operating costs, so they raise US prices. Maybe they only raised US prices a little, not enough to cover the tariffs, and decided to do the same elsewhere to make up for it, so the US market doesn't completely miss the release.
Just spit balling. Also possible they raised US prices for tariffs and everyone else for greed because it's all based on the US market anyway
I just calculated in another thread that the Australian pre sales tax price converts to us$383.91. That's without any language or region restrictions.
Nintendo consoles are manufactured in China.
US tariffs on China mean those companies have to jack up prices across the board to recoup their losses.
I'm sorry. I didn't vote for him.
They actually specifically moved production to Foxconn Vietnam to avoid this... Only for Vietnam to get hit by 46% tariffs right after the Direct
I’m not buying anything for a good while.
Yup. Life necessities and stealing as much entertainment as I can with good old piracy.
Yup, I’ve been filling hard drives with music, movies, tv, and games. Fuck the economy
Guess I'm going to have to wait four years to buy a switch 2. Hopefully the McDonald's diet makes it sooner.
Awfully optimistic of you to assume he will be gone in 4 years...
We can only hope to try our best
OLED Version will be out by then lol
How many kids are going to get a Switch Lite this Christmas instead of a Switch 2 because now it's just outside of their parents budget?
Not the biggest deal in the world i guess
Well the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if a new Russian shipping service pops up that's tariff free.
An American can hope that this will end well for them (bring this ‘golden age of America’ to fruition) but chances are that American lyfe will get a lot more expensive. I predict a lot more protesting coming soon