Japanese devs shares thoughts about NS system.

[manuel]

TomaTito said:

Bandorr said:

29,980 is the cost. I will assume that A) Japan uses VAT, and B) that is the value post VAT. This that is the final price point with tax included and everything.

That is $260 dollars US.

It cost $300 dollars US and that is pre tax. So around $330 or so post tax.

That is a $70 dollars difference.

Are you sure about that? Manuel mentioned the Switch prices in a store (I think it was Bic Camera) are marked without taxes.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8276077

Yay, I was mentioned!

29980 is the price before tax, as was pointed out already. 8% consumption tax comes on top of it.

After the tax hike many stores started to show their prices without tax, especially since there's a second hike planned and this way they can save on price labels? I don't really know. But without tax, prices just look cheaper, and I think that's what they're going for.