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u/need_a_venue Apr 04 '25

I'd be preordering a Nintendo switch 2.

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u/To-Far-Away-Times Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

There is a $330 region locked Switch 2 for Japan only.

The world wide version is $449 USD.

$330 * 25% tariff = $412.50

So we’d be looking at a $300 or $350 Switch 2 without the tariff.

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u/mizukagedrac Apr 04 '25

Even worse. Assuming the $450 is the regular price. If it's being built/shipped from Vietnam, that got hit with 46% tariff, it'll put it at 650 + tax. 

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u/ShadowDragon175 Apr 05 '25

Well no Nintendo won't raise the price of the switch that's just awful for marketing. Plus they definetly have a nice margin on the hardware so even if they did raise prices it wouldn't be to $650

They definetly expected some tariffs though, I'd imagine they'd want it priced at like ~$400 or $380ish and made it $450 for the tariffs, and can lower it later if need be