Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Delayed (US) Due To Tariffs, Release Date Still June 5

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It's unclear if Nintendo Switch 2 preorders will be restocked at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, or GameStop ahead of the console's June 5 launch.
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Nintendo fans won't have to wait much longer to get their hands on the Switch 2. The successor to one of the best-selling video game consoles of all time is slated to release June 5, Nintendo announced during its hour-long livestream that fully lifted the veil on the Switch 2. You will have to wait a bit longer than expected to preorder the Nintendo Switch 2, though. After initially announcing a preorder date of April 9, Nintendo has delayed preorders in the US while it assesses the new tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration. When preorders do eventually go live, the Switch 2 will be available on its own for $450 or the Switch 2 bundled with Mario Kart World for $500. However, it's possible prices could change given news regarding tariffs.
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Update: Vietnam (were the Switch 2 is produced) want to drop the Tariffs to zero.

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XXL said:
This is hilarious.

People were blaming the current price on Tariffs.
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Whether you agree with it or not, companies WILL raise their prices and blame it on the tarrifs, even if they don't have to. So the tarrifs will have an effect on prices. So yes, blame the tarrifs.
 
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Whether you agree with it or not, companies WILL raise their prices and blame it on the tarrifs, even if they don't have to. So the tarrifs will have an effect on prices. So yes, blame the tarrifs.
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Companies have to raise the price because of the tariffs that's a fact. The question is if they go further than the asked tariff.
 
Wonder if the price had a certain amount baked in for the tariffs (like 399 -> 449, etc.)... and then the real amounts / countries are way higher than thought. Probably been best to wait, but Nintendo was stuck in a hard place either way. Rough times.
 
Anyone want to make an avatar bet, that it will NOT launch on June 5th in the US?

I don't think it will, i also think it is possible it doesn't launch anywhere in June.


Console sales for Sony, Xbox and Nintendo may be cooked!
 
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I don't think trying to bring politics into this discussion is going to have the result you think it does. I guess the topic does veer into that though.
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I think given the nature it's going to be virtually impossible to avoid it considering who implemented the taxes. It's not like it was some independent body and he's only tangentially responsible. The tariffs are his baby. He believes in them more than anybody else.

But to your point, yeah, I give this thread another hour before it's done-zo.
 
I'm charging $100 dollars per person to meet you in Birmingham and walk you from the bus station to a shop and back, so you can safely buy one without your Yank accent getting you mugged.

You can make your own way from the Airport to the city.
 
LOL how some here armchair take on the politics of this all when they don't understand it all.

Stick to gaming folks.

This doesn't change anything that Nintendo, not tarrifs, have done. They are overpriced with or without anything extra influencing pricing.
 
LiquidMetal14 said:
LOL how some here armchair take on the politics of this all when they don't understand it all.

Stick to gaming folks.

This doesn't change anything that Nintendo, not tarrifs, have done. They are overpriced with or without anything extra influencing pricing.
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This is one of the dumbest things I've read here in recent history.
 
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BTW, You are witnessing history. This is WILD!!!!

If you are a high schooler, this could be moments taught in college business and Econ courses in a few years. Just as they teach about 2008 today. Pay attention!!!
 
The funny part about this is that Nintendo purposely moved manufacturing from China to Vietnam to AVOID tarriffs only for Trump to add an ever greater tariff on Vietnam like it's some fucked up game of cat and mouse.

I'm thinking trump's a covert Pony.
 
There seems to be a certain segment of the population that gets off on seeing other people distressed/suffering, even if it means shooting yourself in the foot. Like you've gone against your better judgement and made things bad for yourself, but the thought of someone else freaking out keeps you warm at night. Like why? What kind of childhood did you people have.
 
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How could the tariffs be baked in when they weren't announced until after the direct
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We knew they were coming, while Vietnam was a bit higher. I honestly assumed they built $100 into the cost already, this shouldn't be more than a $400 machine, see Japan cost. I guess, it's wait and see what happens with negotiations.
 
Now you can have the rest of the world make up for the sales of consoles that come from the US.

Since no one thinks you need the US economically.
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