Switch 2 pre orders in USA & Canada delayed while Nintendo assesses new tariffs.

[JRPGfan]

Mar1217 said:

RolStoppable said:

Nintendo has that kind of money as cash reserves, but they don't have control over what retailers charge. For argument's sake, let's say that Nintendo's plan was to sell Switch 2 for $400 to American retailers who then it sell for $450 to consumers. If Nintendo now adjusted their price to retailers to only $200, retailers might just say that they'll charge $600 regardless, because the American population is facing significantly higher prices for all kinds of products due to the tariffs. In that case Nintendo would take a loss for absolutely nothing.

Nintendo won't raise the selling price to retailers because of the tariffs. What the tariffs mean is that retailers will pay the same $400 from the above example to Nintendo and then $160 to the US government if we go with a tariff of 40%. The cost for the retailer is then $560, so they'll put a $600 price tag on it to make a profit from it. But this wouldn't damage the Nintendo brand because all kinds of goods will see a significant price increase at the same time, including the PS5.

People really should go ASAP go buy the console's, laptops,. smartphone, PC components and whatnot they want cuz if the tariffs maintains itself, the prices there are gonna get to a crazy point !

Yep go get it, before they go into effect and prices go up.