US Nintendo President Doug Bowser said the company did not take into account possible U.S. tariffs when deciding on pricing its Nintendo Switch 2 console, According to wired.
Nintendo launches the highly anticipated Switch 2 Last week and announced that the console will be released June 5, priced at $450. But later that day, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would impose High tariffs About imports into the country, the global economy is chaotic.
Booking for US Switch 2 should have started on April 9, but US consumers Unable to book a console Until Nintendo figures out how to resolve the tariffs. Many of the parts of the Switch 2 are assembled and manufactured in China, Vietnam and Cambodia. Under Trump’s new plan, China imposes 54% tariffs, while Cambodia and Vietnam impose 49% and 46% tariffs, respectively.
According to Bowser, Nintendo has begun trying to diversify its production locations, shifting the most production from China to other countries.
