Working overtime arrive Switch 2 startspart NintendoThe point is to make sure it meets the requirements of viewers who are eager for new consoles. This new system comes with a High price– $450-Yes More and more because President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs Announced last week.
But the day after Trump announced the news, U.S. Nintendo President Doug Bowser told the cable tariffs “didn’t take into account the pricing of the console.”
He added that the company is “actively evaluating” the situation and its impact. “It poses a challenge,” Ball said. “This is a problem we have to solve.”
Trump’s tariffs were sent Stock Market to Free Autumn;The prices of many products are about to rise, and companies in the technology field will be Open their heads. On Friday, Nintendo made unprecedented moves Delayed booking In the United States, the highly anticipated console “to assess potential The impact of tariffs and the evolving market conditions. ”
Bowser said that so far, part of the company’s business strategy is to “diverse the places where we are manufacturing hardware and accessories.” company Have changed Most of it is produced to Vietnam and Cambodia, away from China.
Bowser believes that this diversity allows Nintendo to move production as needed during the 19th pandemic. “This also applies to the early stages of tariffs,” he said. “The situation is [on April 2] Changed. “In Trump’s new tariffs: Vietnam is 46%, Cambodia is 49%, and China is 54%.
For Nintendo, the extra price on the console will be problematic. The current top-tier switch model OLED is $350, while the standard version costs $300. The fact that the console strangely lost that price in a major announcement Wednesday was not lost to a possible customer. Already shouted To make Nintendo “reduce the price”. At the New York event, journalists were discouraged from asking hardware developers about the cost of the console.
The game is not spared from the high-priced label either. Mario Karting World Price is $80. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tourthe technical demonstration disguised as explains the ins and outs of the Switch 2, will be an experience that people have to pay for. (It is worth noting that this caused the gift to smile.)
Two former Nintendo public relations managers Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis both broke criticisms surrounding its pricing YouTube Channeland how news about prices are criticized to fans.
“Obviously, this is intentionally omitted from direct, but it cannot be processed in terms of information in all these different places,” Yang said. “It’s almost a bit disparaging to the wisdom of the consumer.”
