GameStop Canada and Best Buy Canada still have their pre-order info and countdown clock up, so looks like they're still good to go for this coming Wednesday at 12pm EST.
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GameStop Canada and Best Buy Canada still have their pre-order info and countdown clock up, so looks like they're still good to go for this coming Wednesday at 12pm EST.
syz
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Like I mentioned after the stream... Nintendo explicitly moved manufacturing of the Switch 2 to Vietnam to avoid tariffs, but the same day they revealed the price it was also announced that Vietnam is being tariff'd just as bad. Do not be surprised if the price goes up (and probably bones Canada even further as collateral damage.)
The Japanese Switch 2 is launching at like $350 USD but is region locked. Unlike MS and Sony, Nintendo doesn't enjoy selling hardware at a loss, so we have a pretty good idea what the margins for this thing are from the JP price. Nintendo built a ~25% buffer into both hardware and their cartridges to compensate for the tariffs that they expected, but then learned a few hours later that 25% was not enough.
This is also a company who used to list preorders of first party games at $100 CAD and then drop the price just before release JUST IN CASE the market/exchange rate changed between listing and release. They've always paid close attention to the market.
The Japanese Switch 2 is launching at like $350 USD but is region locked. Unlike MS and Sony, Nintendo doesn't enjoy selling hardware at a loss, so we have a pretty good idea what the margins for this thing are from the JP price. Nintendo built a ~25% buffer into both hardware and their cartridges to compensate for the tariffs that they expected, but then learned a few hours later that 25% was not enough.
This is also a company who used to list preorders of first party games at $100 CAD and then drop the price just before release JUST IN CASE the market/exchange rate changed between listing and release. They've always paid close attention to the market.
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The same guy later replied to his tweet that Nintendo Canada has said no issue for Canadian pre-orders. I was wondering if maybe the warehousing for these Switches was all in the US and there was a concern they'd all get hit with tariffs entering the US to sit in those warehouses before they are moved up to Canadian retailers and addresses throughout the Canada.
syz
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The main fear will probably just be every Canadian Switch 2 being bought by US scalpers.
Pretty ridiculous that posts discussing the reasoning behind potential price changes of the console are disappearing.
StrangeVision
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Sucks that the US executive branch decided to unilaterally raise taxes so harshly on every American. Oh well.
syz
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Yea I'm not sure, wouldn't surprise me given the reverse is often true. Will likely still have an influx of people near the borders coming up for a "visit" to like Windsor or whatever so hopefully physical retailers are asking for ID as well.
While it's pricy, I'm absolutely trying to get one by July for that Donkey Kong game. It looks incredible and is rumored to be done by the Mario Odyssey team.
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I just think Nintendo doesn't want to get boned by the applicable duty/tariff possibly changing 8 times during the pre-sale period.
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I totally get why Nintendo is raising prices (even before the tariff stuff) and how prices haven't went up much in the past 30 years. But my purchasing power hasn't went up a whole lot in the past 30 years either. I think I might just fall out of the gaming thing with this next gen.
StrangeVision
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I can't even look at this as Nintendo (or any other company) raising prices, they're simply pricing in the new tariffs and obviously consumers are going to have to pay higher prices as a result. This is how tariffs are supposed to work. They disincentivize imports by increasing prices domestically, that is the goal. Unfortunately, the US executive branch doesn't really understand how tariffs work, so we will all have to pay higher prices on lots of things. This is the US executive branch raising prices on everyone. Oh well.
No, the initial game prices they showed wasn't (totally) tariff related, and is something everyone has expected for awhile. The tariffs just make it even more unlikely for me to be able to support, even if I wanted to.
