TL;DR: Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser discussed with Wired the impact of new tariffs on the Nintendo Switch 2, which may increase its price from $449 to $600. The tariffs affect manufacturing in Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. Nintendo is assessing the situation, having already moved some production out of China.
Yeah I’m not in it at either price point. I’ll for once be a patient gamer and wait until it’s reasonable or I’ll skip this one. I’m betting there’s lots like us.
You can’t be a patient gamer and a Nintendo fan. Their prices never fucking come down lmao
There is the used games market, if you are willing to engage with it, though that does need you to be really patient.
That’s what I’m referring to. Even used, even 10 years old, their physical games hold 80-90% of their value. Some even go up. Their hardware retains like 70%+ of value used.
The games don’t drop in price, but the consoles do. There’s even a chance the price could go down for the holiday season, even if it’s something miniscule. This launch price is the early adopter tax.