r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Soplox • 2d ago

Officially from Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders will not start on April 9 in the US thanks to the Tariffs

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u/R4vi0981 2d ago

I know what a tariff is.  Just trying to get the facts down.  As of now. It's of bad information going on these days. I dont see how Nintendo announces a system for 450, and then says they have to increase the price though. That's really not how you release a system.  

Though maybe it is true.  I like to gather information before just believing something. 

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u/Connor123x 2d ago edited 2d ago

The statement came directly from Nintendo.

Tariffs were up in the air when they had the show. Remember the show was at 9am eastern, the tariffs were announced at 4pm on the same day.

No one expected the tariffs to be like this because Trump said the tariffs would be reciprocal and being these countries have very low to no tariffs on the US they expected the same.

Then they used a wacky formula

now they had to adjust after the fact. It makes perfect sense.

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u/whiskeytab 1d ago

you clearly don't know what a tariff is

a tariff is an extra tax your country is charging on an imported product. in this case, you're importing a switch 2 and your government says you have to pay 46% more than everyone else

that's literally all there is to it