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Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Dammm, the best part is everyone speculated that the price it's at now was to predict and get ahead of tarrif pricing by already setting it higher. The fact that it's not is scary.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    I think the $450 USD was just keeping up with inflation.

    $300 in March 2017 when the switch originally launched is equivalent to almost $400 today ($392 and some change). S2 is launching at $450, if they were only expecting 15%-ish tariffs then maybe, but it should then be cheaper outside of the US if tariffs were the only reason. Electronic component prices have gone up beyond inflation growth, I think it would be easier to blame it on that.

    $80-90 games before tariffs sucks, but games have been $60 for as long as I can remember, and they’re only getting more expensive to make.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I would say it's more that some studios are spending even more to make them, games don't have to cost more to make as you can now make a lot more with a smaller team than you could 20 years ago.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Would tariffs apply to the games as well?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Well we knew the price didn't include the tarrifs when we saw Europe get absolutely crazy high prices. Higher than the US and a lot higher if we take into account the dollar tanking right now.

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