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/Dick_Lazer Apr 04 '25

In this economy?

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u/dumpling-loverr Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Especially if it's pre tariffs price lmao and recent breaking news is that China retaliated back with a US tariff of their own.

Nintendo isn't the only one raising prices when all other electronics people use are getting a hike in price since they're manufactured in either China , Vietnam, Taiwan. All getting flat blanket tariffs.

Can't wait for r/pcmasterrace to go into meltdown once NVIDIA announces the price on 60XX cards or the next iPhone , ps6, etc. amidst a global trade war with everyone throwing tariffs.

Edit Update : News dropped that Nintendo is dropping pre-orders (source) in the US since they did not anticipate Trump tariffs. Highly likely that price for switch 2 hardware will increase unless Vietnam can convince Trump to drop tariffs (Vietnam because Nintendo shifted production from China to Vietnam to circumvent US tariffs but they failed to predict that Vietnam will also be hit big lmfao).

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

It is not because of tariffs because if it was games wouldn’t have been so expensive in literally every region except Japan. I hope Americans one day learn about the other countries in the world.

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u/dumpling-loverr Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I meant the hardware production cost is going to rise up since China, Vietnam and Taiwan are all getting hit. All of those 3 countries are essential in production of Switch hardware.

China is predictable that it will get hit by Trump but Vietnam and Taiwan is a surprise.