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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] 42 points 2 days ago (15 children)

I wasn't even going to pay $449, let alone $600. I figured it would have been somewhere between $300-400, with 400 being on the high end of reasonable.

$449 I would have waited a bit. But $600??? I get it's because of tarrifs, but that's really going to hurt the systems long term sales numbers the same way covid hurt PS5's lifetime sales numbers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Yeah I'm not in it at either price point. I'll for once be a patient gamer and wait until it's reasonable or I'll skip this one. I'm betting there's lots like us.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

You can’t be a patient gamer and a Nintendo fan. Their prices never fucking come down lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days 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.

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