There's no way that'll fly.
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Maybe not in terms of sales, but I can see Nintendo doing it. They are not a "nice" company. They are as brutal and hard-edged a corporate as ever there was and if anybody's going to send a visible "up yours" to Tangerine Truss, I wouldn't be surprised if it was Nintendo. They are absolutely not going to sell hardware at break-even or a loss - it's just not their business model.
Also, if the tariff applied is Vietnam's, you're talking more $650 than $600.
Also, rumour has it Nintendo are preparing a new interactive Welcome Tutorial for the US market : Professor Layton and the Trump Tariff Mystery, priced $46.
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They aren’t going to sell it at a loss either. I think they hope things will be resolved soon otherwise the price is going to have to increase.
It won’t. Different world to when the 3DS launched.
Hopefully if they do have to 'increase the price', they put out a very explicit press release showing it's $449+$200 tariff, so the hard of thinking get minimal opportunity to spin it as Nintendo price gouging rather than simply the intended effect of applying stupid tariffs all over the place.
The US price everything like that anyway. They usually leave the tax off just to confuse the consumer more. Makes sense to do this. It’s a tax they are paying to the government. Nintendo aren’t going to pay it for them.
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Bahahahahha
Switch 2 pre orders in the US have to be redone because the price is too low, they're talking potentially about increasing the MSRP by 50%
www.polygon.com
Switch 2 pre orders in the US have to be redone because the price is too low, they're talking potentially about increasing the MSRP by 50%
Nintendo delays Switch 2 pre-orders in response to Trump tariffs
Proposed tariffs could raise prices by nearly 50%
www.polygon.com
Wow. They aren’t going to sell many consoles in the US. Elsewhere they will get more stock I expect.Bahahahahha
Switch 2 pre orders in the US have to be redone because the price is too low, they're talking potentially about increasing the MSRP by 50%
Nintendo delays Switch 2 pre-orders in response to Trump tariffs
Proposed tariffs could raise prices by nearly 50%
Microsoft did the same with the original Xbox. But back then was different.
Now you have the 2K GPU's flying off the shelve yet people are struggling
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Mostly these companies are just setting placeholders. You can’t properly pre-order until next week 08/04 according to Nintendo themselves.
Yes and no. Pre-orders have been popping up throughout yesterday and today. You need to be reasonably fast to get one, but you've got minutes, not seconds, to click through and order. This isn't a 5090 situation. I got a pre-order in with Argos yesterday and have had a text confirming it'll be launch day delivery.
Currys are doing pre-orders in-store only, so if you have one nearby, you could go in and ask. Scalping control seems to be in place at some vendors.
Very were getting small but frequent stock drops through most of today. I'd keep an eye on them, in particular.
Yeah. It's worse and people don't have as much money. The initial sales will have an explosion from all the die-hards, it's how quick it drops off after that which will be telling.
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Can’t understand the interest in preordering here, it’s a switch 1.5 with virtually no games at launch. Can’t see anything overly compelling until there are more games and some bundle deals drop the price a bit
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