While we're waiting on Nintendo to announce the new pre-order date for the USA & Canada here's an article talking about the Tariff's on China in relation to the Switch 2 according to an internal memo from a Nintendo supplier.
"Nintendo's Switch 2 and other gaming consoles made in China are likely to be hit by the trade war between the world's two biggest economies, despite the U.S. announcing over the weekend that smartphones, notebook computers and certain other tech products will be exempt from Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs."
"According to an internal assessment memo by a major Apple and Nintendo supplier seen by Nikkei Asia, game consoles are still subject to a 145% U.S. tariff on goods made in China"
"The majority of Switch consoles are made in China, Nikkei Asia has learned, with a relatively small proportion made in Vietnam. Many of Sony's PlayStation 5 consoles are made in China, as well."
This is excerpts from a paywalled article: China-made Nintendo Switch 2 in line for 145% tariff hit, supplier warns - Nikkei Asia
As I posted before Nintendo was using Vietnam to supply the USA with 60% of it's hardware shipments, but without being able to use China to supplement this they may not have enough capacity to send as much Stock to the USA as they would like for the Switch 2 launch period.
If the Video Game Consoles aren't added to the list of exceptions soon (which probably won't happen as I doubt the Trump Administration gives a damn about that) or the tariff's on China aren't lifted then all of the platform holders are about to feel the pain. And of course the 10% tariff for all countries will effect even those made outside China.
