Europe is probably getting fucked because of the USA, so that games and consoles aren't scalped and resold to the USA bypassing the tariffs and profiting off the difference.
Since the tariffs were higher than expected Nintendo has paused preorders in the USA, let's hope this means they understand they can't raise the global price even more and just disentangle it from the USA's.
Well the tariffs on Vietnam where the console is made are the most outrageous. They will likely increase the price of the console in the US but tariffs on Japan aren't nearly as high and the high prices there will likely stick internationally.
Can you find me any speculation about a near 50% tariff on Vietnam & Cambodia, the countries Nintendo shifted to to avoid the widely anticipated China tariffs?
They didn't need to know it was that high, $300 from 2017 is $390 today, that $60 gap could easily be explained as just the performance difference and not touch tariffs at all
It's built in somewhat. People who think Nintendo will raise the price to $600 due to tariffs are wrong. Doesn't mean they won't change the price, but the goal is to bake enough wiggle room into it that you don't have to.
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u/Kqtawes 22h ago
The price in America makes sense because of inflation and Trump's dumbass tariffs.
Europe is getting fucked though.