Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Jack Up the Price of Your Switch 2 (and Everything Else)
Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Jack Up the Price of Your Switch 2 (and Everything Else)
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Jack Up the Price of Your Switch 2 (and Everything Else)
But I don’t live in the US.
What makes you think everyone else’s MSRP isn’t
based oninfluenced by the US MSRPI don’t think that those prices for US reflect new tariffs in any way. First of all, they were announced before tariff rates but importantly it’s also a complete tossup if they’ll be in place by the summer and in what form. If they remain as they are then I think Americans will be paying noticeably more for their consoles and games.
Yeah, that's what makes this whole "Don't blame Nintendo, it's tariffs!" idea BS. If that were the case, it would only be this expensive in the US. Considering there's a Japan-only Switch 2 that's less than $350, it's pure greed.
Weren't the tariffs announced after the switch price was announced?
If so, the price in the US will probably go up before release date
Could it be both? The US market is so huge that tariffs would cause a huge dent on their operating costs, so they raise US prices. Maybe they only raised US prices a little, not enough to cover the tariffs, and decided to do the same elsewhere to make up for it, so the US market doesn't completely miss the release.
Just spit balling. Also possible they raised US prices for tariffs and everyone else for greed because it's all based on the US market anyway
I just calculated in another thread that the Australian pre sales tax price converts to us$383.91. That's without any language or region restrictions.
Nintendo consoles are manufactured in China.
US tariffs on China mean those companies have to jack up prices across the board to recoup their losses.
I'm sorry. I didn't vote for him.
That’s incredibly American thinking. Why would anyone else have to cover for your own import tariffs? Do I pay for higher prices in Brazil? They have very high tariffs on electronics too.
They actually specifically moved production to Foxconn Vietnam to avoid this... Only for Vietnam to get hit by 46% tariffs right after the Direct
Nothing stops US people buying Switch from other regions if it was cheaper
The tariffs kind of do?…
Where can you buy it from that's not subject to a global tariff?
Except, like, the power grid
What stops people from the US from exploiting everything regional pricing?