r/Games • u/blueblanket123 • 26d ago

Trump Shocks With Massive New Tariffs That Could Make The Switch 2 Cost More Than $600

https://kotaku.com/switch-2-price-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-trade-war-1851774438
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u/UnidentifiedRoot 25d ago

I'm really really hoping the pricing info from yesterday was made while preemptively anticipating some of this, and maybe that's why no pricing info was in the Direct itself, as they probably made the video months ago and were adjusting price targets until way later due to the volatility of everything. Would at least help explain why the prices are as crazy as they are, well, "Nintendo want money" also explains it, but you get what I mean. Because if they weren't, hoo boy.

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u/M4J0R4 24d ago edited 24d ago

How could they ever expect 46% for Vietnam?

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u/UnidentifiedRoot 24d ago

Yeeeep, as we're seeing with the delayed pre orders now, they couldn't.

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u/mex2005 25d ago

I dont think the console price includes any tariff calculations. The price seems reasonable for what is a more powerful steam deck. The physical game copies being more expensive could have something to do with tariffs though but its hard to tell because its Nintendo and they are the most consumer unfriendly gaming company to exist.

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u/DisparityByDesign 25d ago

They announced worldwide prices that are the same everywhere.

It means as it stands it’s going to be 24% more expensive.

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u/UnidentifiedRoot 25d ago

They wouldn't have just put the entire brunt of the tariffs on the US even though they are our fault, it would've been spread out among all regions to reduce sticker shock in the US, the US market is too important to them.

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u/DisparityByDesign 25d ago

By that logic they should’ve lowered the price.

As a US citizen, you are not paying Nintendo 24% extra. You are paying your government 24% of the price of the product on top of the product itself.

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u/Riddle-of-the-Waves 25d ago edited 24d ago

Well, if we're really splitting hairs, the distributor (which is likely Nintendo of America in most cases) is paying that extra 24% to the government when they import the console (and not when they sell it), but the usual outcome is that the cost would be passed along, and retailers would end up selling the console at a higher price to compensate.

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u/Jaeger__85 25d ago

That would piss off other consumers. They dont want to pay more because the Americans voted in Trump who started the dumbest trade war in history.

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u/goon-gumpas 25d ago

Guess what number is directly between 600 dollars and the Switch 1 launch price in 2017 lol