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Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout (www.tweaktown.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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TL;DR: Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser discussed with Wired the impact of new tariffs on the Nintendo Switch 2, which may increase its price from $449 to $600. The tariffs affect manufacturing in Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. Nintendo is assessing the situation, having already moved some production out of China.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The games don't drop in price, but the consoles do. There's even a chance the price could go down for the holiday season, even if it's something miniscule. This launch price is the early adopter tax.