Yeah, that’s what makes this whole “Don’t blame Nintendo, it’s tariffs!” idea BS. If that were the case, it would only be this expensive in the US. Considering there’s a Japan-only Switch 2 that’s less than $350, it’s pure greed.
Could it be both? The US market is so huge that tariffs would cause a huge dent on their operating costs, so they raise US prices. Maybe they only raised US prices a little, not enough to cover the tariffs, and decided to do the same elsewhere to make up for it, so the US market doesn’t completely miss the release.
Just spit balling. Also possible they raised US prices for tariffs and everyone else for greed because it’s all based on the US market anyway
Looks like the US price for the Switch 2 will be raised due to the tariffs, so the “more expensive for everyone but Japan” thing has nothing to do with the tariffs. It does make me wonder, though, what happens if a friend buys a Switch 2 at a cheaper price in Europe, then mails it to someone in the US? Are tariffs also paid for all person to person packages?
That falls under de minimis laws which you should look into because last I heard, I think Republicans are trying to lower the de minimis limit, meaning in that case you would pay taxes on the import. Currently I think the minimus limit is something like $800, so you wouldn’t pay tariffs.
Did you say that they’re raising the price for the US switch?
I’m noy sure whatvyou mean by experience piece here?
But yeah, I think I agree. if tariffs hit particularly hard it could definitely still go up, given how sweeping the proposed tariffs are and that shipping itself is probably going to get more expensive as a result. Probably everything is going to get more expensive.
Yeah, that’s what makes this whole “Don’t blame Nintendo, it’s tariffs!” idea BS. If that were the case, it would only be this expensive in the US. Considering there’s a Japan-only Switch 2 that’s less than $350, it’s pure greed.
Could it be both? The US market is so huge that tariffs would cause a huge dent on their operating costs, so they raise US prices. Maybe they only raised US prices a little, not enough to cover the tariffs, and decided to do the same elsewhere to make up for it, so the US market doesn’t completely miss the release.
Just spit balling. Also possible they raised US prices for tariffs and everyone else for greed because it’s all based on the US market anyway
Looks like the US price for the Switch 2 will be raised due to the tariffs, so the “more expensive for everyone but Japan” thing has nothing to do with the tariffs. It does make me wonder, though, what happens if a friend buys a Switch 2 at a cheaper price in Europe, then mails it to someone in the US? Are tariffs also paid for all person to person packages?
That falls under de minimis laws which you should look into because last I heard, I think Republicans are trying to lower the de minimis limit, meaning in that case you would pay taxes on the import. Currently I think the minimus limit is something like $800, so you wouldn’t pay tariffs.
Did you say that they’re raising the price for the US switch?
Most likely they will be. They stopped pre-orders in the US because they have to figure out the tariff situation. $450 is the pre-tariff price.
Weren’t the tariffs announced after the switch price was announced?
If so, the price in the US will probably go up before release date
They very well might!
Tariff uncertainty has been in the air since the US election, it’d be wild for them to not atleast consider it in their pricing decisions.
The thing is the switch 2 price could still go up on top of the experience piece it is for people in the US (not American myself but yeah)
I’m noy sure whatvyou mean by experience piece here?
But yeah, I think I agree. if tariffs hit particularly hard it could definitely still go up, given how sweeping the proposed tariffs are and that shipping itself is probably going to get more expensive as a result. Probably everything is going to get more expensive.