Nintendo going to suck trump dick so they can get the pricepoint they want.
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Everyone pissing themselves over Nintendo not putting the price in the Direct when the reason why was pretty obvious, I thought.
This is a rare case where a piece of consumer electronics is going to be quite a bit cheaper in Australia compared to the USA! Usually stuff costs more in Australia.
The Switch is currently US$450 and will probably go up with tariffs. Meanwhile, it's listed as AU$700 in Australia, which is AU$630 before tax (all advertised prices include tax), which is US$385.
I imagine this is going to happen for a lot of devices. I'm an Aussie living in the USA and I never thought I'd see the day when buying stuff in Australia would be cheaper. Australia has better consumer protection too, around things like repairs/refunds due to major issues even outside the warranty period.
In Europe it's €385+taxes (all advertised prices must include tax) which is $425+tax, with two (mandatory) years of warranty included in price
Regardless of price, Nintendo is a shit legacy company that is riding on the coattails of the 90's.
They never have games on steep discounts like their competitors, ensure emulations and artistic expressions are shut down immediately, and barely change shit to their flagship games such as Pokemon. They're creatively stale and are blessed to have a rabid fan base who can't see through it.
I got a switch since my kid brought grades home, but that's the last piece of electronic device I'll ever buy from Nintendo. This is someone who has played back in its heyday the N64.
People who 'boycott' and go back to buying what they boycotted because said company pushed out a halfass apology tweet deserve to lose their money.
Edit: lol at the Nintendo fan boys downvoting
You seem to be missing the point, the Nintendo Switch is handily the most popular game console in US gaming history. It has officially sold more units than the PS2.
I’m sorry that you don’t appreciate the switch, it’s an amazing general purpose gaming console.
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I've got* no idea how this'll work out. Nvidia is American.
Are we tired of winning yet America ?
most americans are tired, honestly. source: I am very fucking tired.
Still, almost half are OK and happy about this 😮💨
why do you think the rest of us are so tired?
I am too and I'm also tired...
Tbh I was tired way before any of this.
Not until Nintendo picks up and moves to America.
Did anyone check with reddit to see if THIS story would be allowed to use one of the classic angry face Luigi Mario Kart gifs in response or are they still scared of that one?
Still scared.
Did anyone check with reddit
Nope.
Did anyone check with reddit
Blanket no on that one
In the US. Key part there is "in the US". You guys deal with this nonsense. I intend to be playing my MSRP Vietnamese/Chinese console at launch, thankyouverymuch.
Hell, I'll take whatever stock you don't, maybe we can get a tenner or two shaved off the price. I'm sure the "let's sneak in the exchange rate and pretend it's VAT" thing is starting to look less appealing right about now.
The Chinese release of the Switch has like 18 games in total
You misunderstood, I said it's Vietnamese/Chinese because that's where a lot of the components are manufactured and why the tariffs are a problem for US distribution in particular but not for other regions.
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Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
Wonder if the price of the console and even the cartridge games will change.
I think they necessarily will. I can't imagine retailers eating the lost margin.
Retailers won't eat it all, consumers will
Absolutely. The console is manufactured in Vietnam, which now has a 46% tariff. I really doubt that Nintendo's profit margin is high enough to allow them to just eat that cost.
Carts and console could very much change. Some estimates say up to 50% up.
Given that digital games will not this could make the Switch a de facto digital-only thing in the US.
I mean, assuming Trump isn't beaten with a stick into submission in the next couple of weeks. We'll see.
He's hanging out at a golf tournament today. I don't think he's feeling the pressure.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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No worries not Nintendo! I don't like you so I wasn't gonna buy one due to all the lawsuits.
🤣 all those Republican Nintendo fans have to love all this winning. What a bunch of dumbasses.
This is the kind of creature comfort inconvenience that will tank this administration’s popularity. Americans are fickle and will not accept this kind of disruption to their lives.
More importantly, people who don't pay attention to politics and didn't realize that any of this had any consequences to their lives just suddenly felt it
One can only hope, but knowing how fucking stupid my right-wing, sycophantic, fellow countrymen are I doubt much will change.
Pretty sure everyone who voted against him already hates him though.
I’ve been feeling like there are quite a few parallels to the Brexit mess in this past election and this administration’s policies. It took a while for the reality of Brexit to evaporate away the magical thinking; I think it’s just a matter of time before the same happens here as the cost of living shoots up as a result of these tariffs.
Despite some similarities, the demographics in the US are just a completely different beast.
Our Christians are insane. Fox News has poisoned the minds of potentially hundreds of millions of Americans. American exceptionalism and the lie of "the American dream" has irrevocably cooked the collective minds of essentially our entire population.
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don't worry good America people I'd play the games in your stead while you're busy supporting your local brands
ELI5 smuggling a Switch2 over the Mexico or Canadian border. Not that I would recommend that or anything. For science. And fanfic.
Que?
Me llama Han Solo y quiero jugar videojuegos de Switch2. Además, no me gusta pagar Trumpiffs. Theoretically.
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