Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser says that tariffs did not directly impact the console’s original price tag. “Put [the April 2nd announcement] aside. Any previous tariffs were not factored into the price itself,“
I've seen some say they thought the $449 pricetag was set already in anticipation of some tariffs but apparently not.
https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/643277/nintendo-switch-2-price-tariffs-doug-bowser-interview







