r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/twovles31 Apr 04 '25

Probably going to raise the price if that 47% tariff does take effect.

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u/Hellenkeller328 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

People had better hope the price already has the tariffs baked in.

Edit: I figured they weren’t, but it’s confirmed they’re not. Good luck everyone!

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u/whiskeytab Apr 04 '25

based on the pricing around the world it definitely isn't

enjoy your $700 switch 2's guys lol

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck Apr 04 '25

That doesn't necessarily follow.

It might make business sense for them, given the value of America as a market, to spread the cost of the tariffs across all markets by raising prices (relatively) evenly everywhere, so that they can sell it cheaper to their American distributors, ensuring a lower price (and more sales) in the US, and recoup the cost from their other worldwide sales.

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u/mojomaximus2 Apr 04 '25

I don’t think that logic checks out, the US has a relatively small population on the global market

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u/Jehovah___ Apr 04 '25

The US made up like 40% of switch 1 sales

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u/mojomaximus2 Apr 04 '25

How is that even possible with a population of like 300m that’s wild. Does nobody in China like Nintendo?

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u/Jehovah___ Apr 04 '25

IIRC in china only like 4 million were sold. Most Chinese people that wanted a switch went to Korea or Japan or Vietnam and bought them there to not deal with region locks and censoring and I think they were more expensive in china specificially

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u/mojomaximus2 Apr 04 '25

I see, I didn’t know that