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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Dammm, the best part is everyone speculated that the price it's at now was to predict and get ahead of tarrif pricing by already setting it higher. The fact that it's not is scary.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I think the $450 USD was just keeping up with inflation.

$300 in March 2017 when the switch originally launched is equivalent to almost $400 today ($392 and some change). S2 is launching at $450, if they were only expecting 15%-ish tariffs then maybe, but it should then be cheaper outside of the US if tariffs were the only reason. Electronic component prices have gone up beyond inflation growth, I think it would be easier to blame it on that.

$80-90 games before tariffs sucks, but games have been $60 for as long as I can remember, and they’re only getting more expensive to make.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

I would say it's more that some studios are spending even more to make them, games don't have to cost more to make as you can now make a lot more with a smaller team than you could 20 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Would tariffs apply to the games as well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Physical copies if they are made outside the US, digital no iirc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

and some games arnt even worth 60$ to begin with

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

No, it's one of the most expensive Nintendo consoles ever. Only beat by the NES and the SNES. Those released when prices were at all time highs for this stuff.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

The market wasn't expecting the tariffs to be as insane as they were — which is why it crashed. They had been expecting 10% maximums, not minimums.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Well we knew the price didn't include the tarrifs when we saw Europe get absolutely crazy high prices. Higher than the US and a lot higher if we take into account the dollar tanking right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That was the first thing I thought of too.