r/LivestreamFail • u/testudosmith • 2d ago
Twitter Nintendo has Delayed the Switch 2 Release Due to the Recent US Tariffs
https://www.twitter.com/Dexerto/status/19081766550775401281.7k
u/BadInfluenceGuy 2d ago
We about to get a 599usd console and 120 dollar games boys.
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u/nondvcor 2d ago
Americans getting the experience of living in Brazil lmao
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u/eeriefutable 2d ago
Seriously I’m a US American and I really wish people who wanted to know about tariffs would have just looked to Brazil.
From what I understand it took 3 years for the Switch to make it to the Brazilian market and the eshop wasn’t available until 2024. Even still when it finally came to market it was priced R$2999 (about $566 USD and keep in mind minimum wage that year was R$1045 a month). Nintendo will not prioritize fans in a country where trading is inconvenient.
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u/Remote_Elevator_281 2d ago
Anyone voting republican moving forward is an idiot.
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u/BP_Ray 2d ago
They'll do it again. Populations have the memory of gold fish which is why everyone was so comfortable with Trump cozying up to Russia and the nazism present in his cabinet.
To Americans, the Cold War, and especially World War 2, are ancient history.
It wont take long for everyone to for the collective conscious to forget what Republicans are currently doing to this country.
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u/Benphyre Twitch stole my Kappas 2d ago
Vote wisely at the 2028 election
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u/FatalMegalomaniac 2d ago
Bold of you to assume there will be a US election in 2028.
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u/skafantaris 2d ago
Another reason to vote in the 2026 midterms.
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u/beardicusmaximus8 2d ago
Martial law will be declared before summer 2025. It's a nice dream though.
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u/Dengo86 2d ago
Or a US at this rate after only being 3 months into this nonsense.
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u/skafantaris 2d ago
Even better, vote in the 2026 midterms for a congress and senate that can reign this mess in.
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u/Evoluxman 2d ago
Tariffs are supposed to be a congressional power btw, president can only enact them in case of emergency
If congress flips this bullcrap will cease instantly
That's assuming there are still free elections by then...
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u/RoosterBrewster 2d ago
Isn't that how it is in Brazil, where it's almost cheaper to fly to US to buy a bunch of electronics?
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u/atlas304 2d ago
just come to canada and get it at that price
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u/BadInfluenceGuy 2d ago
If Nvidia was any indication in Canada. They'd be around 1299 CND. Scalpers be having a field day.
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u/BagSmooth3503 2d ago
Americans about to have a rude awakening. As it turns out actions, or inactions, do in fact have consequences.
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u/ErnestoPresso 2d ago
Would digital video games be effected by tariffs?
Technically it's just files, and you can sell it from the US company location. I don't actually know, genuine question.
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u/NegaDeath 2d ago
No, the tariffs don't apply to services so only physical carts would be affected. However game companies might decide to spread out the loss by raising digital prices to match physical anyways.
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u/BUTTES_AND_DONGUES 2d ago
Counterpoint: keep digital the same to minimize the need to import games and maximize sales.
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u/myaccountgotyoinked 2d ago
Funny that if anyone happens to need a new console and are looking for a holiday, just buy the console overseas and it'll subsidize your holiday.
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u/Old_Welcome_624 2d ago
We about to get a 599usd console and 120 dollar games boys.
Are you tired of winning yet?
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u/sleepydude 2d ago
First they came for eggs, and I did not speak out.
Then they came for student loans and I did not speak out.
Then they came for Donkey Kong.
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u/vicvinovich 2d ago
they did WHAT for donkey kong!? 🥵
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u/causebraindamage 2d ago
Asmongold about to let everyone how why this is a good thing.
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u/fistofthefuture 2d ago
Plays clip:
‘Fox News: the price increase on the Switch 2 will cure blindness and give you a second dick-’
Pauses Clip:
Asmongold: “Idk how anybody could be mad at this”
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u/chAzR89 2d ago
It's hard to believe that there was a time I used to enjoy watching him. His takes are unbearable nowadays.
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u/Zarradhoustra 1d ago
When I used to watch him when anyone brought up politics he said that he didnt know enough about that stuff so he didnt want to talk about it. idk what happened to him.
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u/TJKbird 1d ago
Money. Dude realized he can make a lot of money as a right wing grifter.
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u/Zarradhoustra 1d ago
Do you see hows he is leaving? he doesnt care about money its all validation and attention he is seeking.
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u/totzz 2d ago
"there it is. not good. not good. I guess we will just have to wait and see when it releases. because we don't know a lot can happen before it releases. pulls up chatter how am I wrong? you are just a trouble maker, permabanned. anyways here is this this other thing I wanted to talk about."
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u/tiltedtwilight 2d ago
Let's see if he even talks about it because currently all his subreddit, fox news, and him want to talk about is trans bad, LGBTQ bad, trans fencer, please focus on trans instead of the stock market and tariffs please
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u/AliceLunar 2d ago
He will say that because all he cares about is content, he would cheer on WW3 because he can cover it and make videos about it.
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u/M0rph33l 2d ago
It's good in that most of us will get to see our actions have consequences that affect all of us. Whether the lesson will be learned is another issue entirely.
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u/quartzguy 2d ago
Well yeah, I mean who doesn't love paying more taxes. Americans are famous for their tax-loving ways.
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u/darkmatterchef 2d ago
Just to clarify this is for pre orders only; in their statement they said the june 5th date remains unchanged.
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u/Barbrian27 2d ago
If the price increases Trump announcing tariffs the same day as nintendo announcing prices is perfect timing to actually show the morons who voted for him the effect of their vote.
The sad reality is we are all going to feel the effects of the tariffs.
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u/jabronified 2d ago edited 2d ago
it's funny Asmon hasn't been live since the tariffs were announced and the market crash started
edit: seems to have gone live now
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u/flashtone 2d ago
Dude OD'ed on the red pill.
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u/IdidntrunIdidntrun 2d ago
Without one of the only good parts of the redpill, aka working out
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u/Alexandrinho0000 2d ago
literally every part of starforge pcs come from country which got tariffs. Must be fun
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u/spaghettitheory 2d ago
Waiting for the marching orders. Always happens when Trump does or says something monumentally stupid. Those dumbfucks can't think for themselves because deep down they know how bad all of this shit is. In a couple days they will be in lockstep with a narrative. I'm betting it'll be more of the, "we gotta suffer a bit to get the benefits" or something equally stupid.
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u/Barbrian27 2d ago
They will say you don't need to buy the new thing and Trump has to do it to "fix" the economy.
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u/Pale_Yoghurt_9549 2d ago
I WAS LITERALLY TOLD THIS LMAO!
"Just stood buying stuff"
Yeah okay ill stop being a consumer in our capitalist country...
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u/Mission-Compote-3549 2d ago
That's the new one. People who shit their pants over having to wear a mask on a plane are now telling us to toughen up and deal with needlessly spiraling costs on literally everything.
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u/randymagnum1669 2d ago
He's gonna cope and say "wow people still buy Nintendos consoles and games?! XD" and his fan base will lap it up
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u/TheOneWithThePorn12 2d ago
the dead rat alarm clock guy?
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u/Cheesecake01- 2d ago edited 2d ago
The bleeding gums wiped on the wall guy? The guy who had shower curtains melting with his rotted puke?
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u/Yourmotherssonsfatha 2d ago
You need a soul to have self awareness. Dude sold that along time ago. And I don’t even think it was for the money either.
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u/Shot-Maximum- 2d ago
He is waiting for his new NPC programming of talking points how to defend this.
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u/nighthawk252 2d ago
The crazy thing is Nintendo planned and announced their launch of additional details on the Switch 2 well in advance of Trump’s tariffs. He’s the one who made “Liberation Day” the same day as Nintendo’s Switch 2 info dump.
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u/theumph 2d ago
You almost can't make it up. Announce your price, and then 6 hours later the President announces a 46% tariff on it. Nintendo must be shitting bricks right now.
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u/Ipokeyoumuch 2d ago
To be fair that is likely almost every single company that trades with the USA.
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u/theumph 2d ago
Yes, but most companies don't launch a single product that will anchor their entire business for roughly a decade. Nintendo is uniquely vulnerable to this.
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u/ResetReptiles 2d ago
Literally a perfect example for anyone that still doesn't understand how it works. Companies aren't just goign to agree to take less money. They'll just sell fewer consoles at a higher rate.
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u/LtSMASH324 🐷 Hog Squeezer 2d ago
Companies aren't happy with this, either. They eat the cost of the tariffs by charging more, but sell less units, so ultimately they sell less units and get less money.
Tariffs don't help anybody, unless Americans are suddenly going to band together and make whatever it is we need out of thin air, which is obviously not going to happen. Especially for something as specific as a Nintendo Switch.
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u/Spunge14 2d ago
MAGA is already calling for boycotts because they think this is Nintendo holding a "woke" protest. You really can't make this shit up.
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u/Hen-stepper 2d ago
Orange idiot is literally creating unhappiness around the entire world.
What does he want, US to build its own Super Mario manufacturing?
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u/123kallem 2d ago
What does he want, US to build its own Super Mario manufacturing?
Unironically yes, Trump and conservatives in general have this super weird isolationism that they wanna do.
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u/SloppyJoMo 2d ago
It's not isolationism. Isolationism doesn't mean you're threatening to invade Greenland and Panama and bullying Canada into being the 51st state. It's fascism, with two common traits being nationalism and expansionism.
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u/DogAlienInvisibleMan 2d ago
There's an actual argument to be made about slowly shifting our economy to be self sufficient.
This would have to be done slowly though and by intelligent people, and... yeah.
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u/tokenwalrus 2d ago
Even if we succeeded at that, now everyone hates the USA and won't want to do business with us or import our products. Made in America is a stigma of shame under Trump, not pride.
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u/garfcarmpbll 2d ago
We have many Italian Americans to fill in the role. Besides we invented fighting giant monkeys, have you not heard of a little thing called King Kong?
The Japanese have been stealing plumbing/monkey fighting jobs from hard working Americans for too long
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u/ilmk9396 2d ago
what happened trump bros? i thought he was going to save video games
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u/BeAPo 2d ago
By the time it drops in the US it will cost $600
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u/Jaspertjess 2d ago
I hope so. Sorry America, but fuck the orange man
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u/RelaxRelapse 2d ago
You’d be hard pressed to find any American with a functioning brain that would disagree with you.
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u/Mattness8 2d ago
Is it just in the US?
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u/TheOneWithThePorn12 2d ago
Its an import tax so anything that has to come into the US will be affected.
Its also based on country of origin.
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u/Magnific3nt 2d ago
Orange man literally ruining the lifes of people. What a twat
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u/Spider-Man-4 2d ago
This is the line you draw instead of the mass false imprisonments that have been going on for weeks? lmaooo
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u/FlippinHelix 2d ago
i feel like voters only really care about the economy and access to goods, so people not being able to purchase a nintendo switch earlier than expected might actually turn his voterbase against him, yea
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u/Doctor_Bubbles 2d ago
Small head man was right, people only care about their treats.
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u/metaforce12 2d ago edited 2d ago
Americans not caring about issues that don't directly impact them? I'm truly shocked.
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u/RSbooll5RS 2d ago
You don’t know anything about the commenter and whether this was their tipping point ?
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u/GentlemensBastard 2d ago
Trump was elected Nov 8
Nov 18th I was laid off from my job. As was every person who wasn't a department Head/COO/Facilities manager.
We went from about 20 employees at our local office to 7.
I did Medical Repairs for a German Company's product. We had already had high costs of shipping medical devices VIA freight, and with them being medical there were already high established fee's.
Because Germany saw all of this coming they decided they no longer wanted to hold a lot of their product in America and because of that the purpose of our USA company switched to almost entirely customer service.
I got a job doing the only thing I could find ( PC Board Inspection) I keep having interviews but they constantly want someone with much more experience, and the compensation is less than what I used to make ( ive now gone from making 55k a year to 30k a year)
Paid my rent last month and it left me with $130 in my bank account which as a single father with sole custody is just ridiculous.
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u/ItchyAge3135 1d ago
Is this finally how we get young men to give a shit and stop voting based on which candidate shows up on their degenerate stream/podcast?
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u/Stanky_fresh 2d ago
Thank God all those fucking "Gamers are the most oppressed group" incels showed up for Trump, otherwise the video game industry might have been negatively effected.
I fucking hate living in this hellhole.
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u/default_demon 1d ago
Not to be that guy but what does this have to do with streaming
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u/pupmaster 2d ago
This is the type of thing that might make the Twitch grifters (the few that actually play games at least) a little upset
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u/Pearse_Borty 2d ago
I had someone in a thread a long time ago when Trump got elected saying I was blowing things out of proportion. I was saying that hardware was going to explode in price and be harder to access because of tariffs
Well. Here it is boss. Enjoy.
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u/NewAccStillNoFriends 2d ago
“ yeah, yeah, uhhh, yeah BASED” — Asmond and chat agreeing because the tariffs were based to them too. :), or are they going to cry about smaller boobas and a little more clothing like they used to in “violation of free speech and expression and outrageous to the always persecuted gamer”.
El Em Eh Oh
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u/Chudpaladin 2d ago
Nintendo moved some switch production from China to VN to avoid the tariffs Trump levied last presidency. Now that VN has an announced 46% tariff against it… Nintendo fanboys are gonna have to empty their wallets.!
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u/Infamous_Caramel6802 2d ago
They are delaying pre-orders for the US not the console launch.