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

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As an accountant that had to deal with the tariffs the last time. They already baked the tariffs into the $450 - $500 price . I 100% guarantee you. They didn't announce those prices right before April 2 knowing damn well what Trump was going to do.

If they raise it again (which Nintendo will because their greed knows no bounds) they are just double dipping. It is also a good way to get people to stop shitting on Nintendo and to shit on Trump instead.

The tariff of 46% on Vietnam is surprisingly high. China too at 34%. Caught them out I reckon.

Does Nintendo pay these on rrp (or cost price) when the units enter the US or does the retailer pay?
 
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This just keeps getting better and better....

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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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What people aren't understanding is this is going to domino across not only the gaming industry, but nearly every industry. This is not limited to Nintendo. This affects all kinds of manufacturing world-wide.


Virtually no one is going to be afford virtually anything sooner rather than later.
While it will effect everyone. Nintendo wants profit day one from hardware others might be willing to take a hit on margins to prevent price rises.
 
As an accountant that had to deal with the tariffs the last time. They already baked the tariffs into the $450 - $500 price . I 100% guarantee you. They didn't announce those prices right before April 2 knowing damn well what Trump was going to do.

If they raise it again (which Nintendo will because their greed knows no bounds) they are just double dipping. It is also a good way to get people to stop shitting on Nintendo and to shit on Trump instead.

They know full well they also need to sell. I get indications that its not hard to find available pre orders in EU right now. PS5 Pro never sold out either. Its risky if Nintendo would push it further. There is only so much consumers are willing to spend.
 
Heres the thing, if they overprice it no one is gonna buy the thing except the hardcores and rich folk. If they arent careful they could lose an insane amount of thier market... People will probably still buy it for $500 but any further would spell doom imo.
 
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As an accountant that had to deal with the tariffs the last time. They already baked the tariffs into the $450 - $500 price . I 100% guarantee you. They didn't announce those prices right before April 2 knowing damn well what Trump was going to do.

If they raise it again (which Nintendo will because their greed knows no bounds) they are just double dipping. It is also a good way to get people to stop shitting on Nintendo and to shit on Trump instead.
How could they know what tariffs were gonna be before they were announced? They probably baked in a smaller, more reasonable amount such as 10%. Very few people saw those stupid, demented rates coming, 50% on Vietnam or whatever that is (and indeed the stock markets, supposedly forward looking, are in free fall after the announcement). I wouldn't hire you as my accountant.
If they sell at the current price they will lose money on every unit. Expect the final price to be around 600 bucks.
They were incompetent not delaying the Direct, that's for sure.
 
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I'm saying let's see what it is before we all go crazy. I don't think it will be massively different.
Agreed, this just probably gives Nintendo time to either move the product so it is imported from the least tariffed place or perhaps to hopefully wait out some of the higher early tariffs.

I doubt anything will change and I'm sure everything will be 100% fine.

We are in the trees right now with these tariffs but I think the view is different when looking at the forest. Given time things will equalize and perhaps we can make some deals and get rid of all tariffs and have free trade.
 
Wait so will they be changing the launch price to more? That would be a first right?
 
Agreed, this just probably gives Nintendo time to either move the product so it is imported from the least tariffed place or perhaps to hopefully wait out some of the higher early tariffs.

I doubt anything will change and I'm sure everything will be 100% fine.

We are in the trees right now with these tariffs but I think the view is different when looking at the forest. Given time things will equalize and perhaps we can make some deals and get rid of all tariffs and have free trade.
Tariffs are based on where the product is made, not where it is imported from, so they can't just move it somewhere else (say a 10% country) and import from there.
They could ship the parts somewhere cheaper and just do the final assembly there though I think, but obviously that's not something you can do by June.
 
I don't think there was going to be a problem preordering day 1 with the current price. I've been keeping tabs on the AU Evgames site and I believe it took over 24 hours to sell out of the non-bundle Switch 2 and the bundle is still available on their site.

Now if they increase the price in the US, I think this will be readily available to purchase even without a preorder. People don't know how bad it is for people in this country financially. The amount of people I come in contact with on a daily basis as a PA who are having financial issues and are upfront about it are staggering. When you aren't working in a cubicle and actually interact with people on a day to day basis you understand how horrible it really is for middle class families.

I'll still buy one because I have disposable income but for people on a budget, it was already pushing it with the price, if it goes up anymore I think Nintendo are in trouble at least in the US market.
 
They're probably hoping the Trump administration will blink after the huge hit the market took on Wednesday.

Many corporations are in the same boat right now, trying to assess risk and costs and the likelihood that the tariffs will be reduced or repealed.

Nintendo is in a particularly perilous position here, obviously, since they were already weathering a pricing backlash, so they're going to want to wait as long as possible before making any adjustments.
 
Most of the cost is tooling, not labor. Even TSMC, said the Arizona plant will have 10% running cost over Taiwan production.

This is just for the SOC. This is why Nintendo and others don't assemble these puppies in Taiwan. Non labour production costs in US for assembly would cost way more than 10%.
 
Also if Nintendo does indeed raise their prices because of tariffs, then Sony and MS will too. No company is going to eat a 25%+ loss per console like that. The only exception is if they think the tariffs won't last + how many are already in the country.
 
Imagine paying $630 usd for a switch 2 with mobile graphics.... Couldn't be me :messenger_tears_of_joy: :messenger_tears_of_joy: :messenger_tears_of_joy: . This thing might actually bomb like Wii U due to tarriffs.
Every competitor's device will increase by the same amount, so if Americans still want to play games they will fork out the tariff (and maybe write to their Congress reps and senators to stop them since they are illegal). This doesn't make the Switch 2 less competitive against the alternatives.
 
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Heres the thing, if they overprice it no one is gonna buy the thing except the hardcores and rich folk. If they arent careful they could lose an insane amount of thier market... People will probably still by it for $500 but any further would spell doom imo.

America is a very wealthy country though - your average salary is way higher than european countries (for example) and your tax burden is less. I think people would wince a little but pay $600 if their kids are screaming for it. Short term pain. Iphones are $800 and they go like hotcakes.
 
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Almost like I knew it was going to happen haha. Thanks years dealing with imports from other countries from work and knowing all about tariffs and import duties...so let me explain!

My guess is you see a $500 or $550 Switch 2 soon!

 
America is a very wealthy country though - your average salary is way higher than european countries (for example) and your tax burden is less. I think people would wince a little but pay $550 if their kids are screaming for it. Short term pain.
Id feel differently if the price wasnt so close to the PsV and the tech wasnt a gen behind. I truly believe the price was already pushing alot of a core demo before this.. It wouldnt fail but we might be looking at something closer to a gamecube.
 
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Hopefully this doesn't affect Canada, but we'll probably get screwed too.
Canada seems like a decent reasonable country. Unfortunately Japan is scared of the foreign bully and as such is probably charging the rest of the world the same inflated price to deflect from the trade war they are stuck in.
 
While it will effect everyone. Nintendo wants profit day one from hardware others might be willing to take a hit on margins to prevent price rises.

Margins in most industries aint that high that most of the companies can afford to eat the tariffs.
 
Switch 2 fukin sucks as console/handheld, because I can't afford it man. I was expecting something around 350, but maybe I am delusional.
 
Nah it will be fine. All companies knows how to negotiate for incentives and tax cuts especially if they build plants in USA. I'm confident everything will be fine especially in gaming industry. Its all about negotiations. Growing pains in a short while, but in the long run it will be beneficial too USA to create jobs especially on states that has a very high unemployment rate, which is one of the top reason for the election result in USA, along with frustration against twisted dei and woke agenda like for example forcing and imposing twisted gender ideology.

And its just being fair since other countries are already charging very big tariffs against USA before Pres Trump presidency. Price will stabilize again once everything becomes fair in tariffs and more factories are build in USA.

For me, just manage your budget properly, take care of you job and work hard.
 
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The truth no one will want to talk about is this never would have happened if left didnt destroy itself and held itself accountable :(

Trump is literally retaliation manifested.

Its probably gonna get bad...
 
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