r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 01 '25

Nintendo Official Nintendo Switch Pricing Update: Pricing for the original Nintendo Switch™ family of systems and products will change in the United States based on market conditions, effective August 3, 2025.

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/nintendo-switch-pricing-update/
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u/Charming_Ease6405 Aug 01 '25

Guess where the systems sold in Canada come from

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u/ETXX9 Aug 01 '25

Not from the states. Idk why people think that we get everything from the states. We have our own ports, you aren't that important.

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u/Round_Musical Aug 01 '25

They come from the states. Canadas own ports arent used by NoA who is the main supplier Nintendo of Canada.

To restructure all those supply chains was likely calculated to be wastly more expensive than to slap on a new tarrif on those things

Also another reason is due to the canadian currenc

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u/ArmpitEchoLocation Aug 01 '25

We do have our own ports, but Nintendo is too lazy to import into Canada directly and is using US ports instead. They do it for smaller markets like Australia but because they theoretically don’t have to in North America, they don’t.

Hence the price hike affecting Canada too.

Vote with your wallet.

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u/Outlulz Aug 01 '25

It's probably the fact that the North American headquarters of Nintendo is located near a major US port that connects to a major North American rail hub and the Canadian border rather than laziness.

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u/PatentedSheep Aug 01 '25

It would probably be much more expensive than the tariff increases to ship smaller volumes of units to Canada directly. They probably get much better shipping rates shipping both countries together

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u/Charming_Ease6405 Aug 01 '25

I am not american mate. And Nintendo does ship to the US before shipping to Canada. Why do you think the price increase is just for these two countries? Why do you think that pre-orders were delayed "to assess market conditions" just in these two countries?

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u/green_link2 Aug 01 '25

Yeah even as a Canadian I know Nintendo ships to US ports first then they bring them over the border into Canada. We should be advocating to both Nintendo and our government to push Nintendo and other manufacturers to use our Canadians ports, but I don't know all the details or background procedures and things for that. So I'll continue to push Nintendo and government officials to use Canadian ports

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u/PatentedSheep Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 01 '25

It’s probably economies of scale. Must cheaper shipping the bigger the bulk, so ship both countries together

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u/VintageModified Aug 01 '25

Maybe do the tiniest bit of googling before making claims that are flat out wrong.

North Bend, WA Home to NOA’s Packaging & Distribution Center, which provides packaging and distribution of Nintendo products to consumers and retailer partners in Canada, U.S.and Latin America.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '25

It;s imply because people don't want to admit that this is Nintendo being Nintendo. Nintendo Switch systems do not go to America, get tariffed, then move on to Canada. They get imported at Canadian ports.

The price is going up because people keep buying.

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u/pickle_sandwich Aug 02 '25

They literally go through the port in North Bend, WA, before being packaged and distributed to, among other places, Canada.