Switch The Official Nintendo Switch|2 Thread - Part 2

[Havok83]

Nintendo fans spammed the Treehouse chat with demands to lower the prices of the games and consoles.

And most of them are gonna help it sell our once preorders go live

 

[Spider-Fan]

That's probably true, but I still support voicing pushback for the pricing. $80 bucks is simply too much IMO as a base price. Especially since Nintendo rarely puts their games on sale. Inflation is hitting us all hard, and you price stuff too high in a looming recession, people are going to prioritize essentials over video games

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs

Switch 2 pre-orders were supposed to begin on April 9. No longer. In an unprecedented move, Nintendo announced on Friday that it’s halting pre-orders for its upcoming $450 hardware launch because of new tariffs in the U.S. set to go into effect on April 5.


A statement from Nintendo, first obtained by GameSpot, reads: “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”

They say it's the tariffs, but as the article notes, there have been a lot of people in the recent Nintendo Treehouse streams saying 'Drop the price,' and I think Nintendo realized they can't ignore that.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

The console price I get. We all wanted a more powerful Switch. I expected it to cost more. The games costing 80 dollars is inexcusable and sets a bad precedent for the whole industry.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Yeah, well....Nintendo isn't putting them up for Preorder now on the 9th. Cause of President Idiot's tariffs, now the price is going to more than likely bump by at minimum 100 bucks. If not more. Have fun paying $600+ for the Mario Kart bundle!!!

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/nintendo-delays-switch-2-pre-orders-because-of-trump-tariffs-.html

 

[Venom 1988]

Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs



They say it's the tariffs, but as the article notes, there have been a lot of people in the recent Nintendo Treehouse streams saying 'Drop the price,' and I think Nintendo realized they can't ignore that.

Tbf, this could still be the truth. Nintendo probably was trying to account for tariffs with these prices. It wasn't until later that day when Trump revealed his tariff plans and they were even worse than what people were expecting.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Tbf, this could still be the truth. Nintendo probably was trying to account for tariffs with these prices. It wasn't until later that day when Trump revealed his tariff plans and they were even worse than what people were expecting.

Pretty much. Keeping it relevant to nerd stuff, movie tickets are about to go up. Probably almost double cause movies are gonna be more expensive now, as will likely goods and costs for the theater. I know I saw a table show an average priced $25 figure is gonna be 36.49 or in that ballpark. That will also apply for Funkopops and anything else you may collect.

That doesn't even account for basic life expenses. So in short, yeah I can play Prime 4 on Switch 1

 

[Teelie]

Tbf, this could still be the truth. Nintendo probably was trying to account for tariffs with these prices. It wasn't until later that day when Trump revealed his tariff plans and they were even worse than what people were expecting.

I have seen at least a few economists say their worst case scenario was not even this bad, so that says something. What they thought could be the worst, Trump managed to dig deeper to find an even more terrible result.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I have seen at least a few economists say their worst case scenario was not even this bad, so that says something. What they thought could be the worst, Trump managed to dig deeper to find an even more terrible result.

I think I had heard they were prepared for maybe 25% at absolute worst and that Nintendo had even picked Vietnam over China to produce them cause of the likelihood of China getting future tariffs in 2019. So yeah....Nintendo was blindsided.

This isn't their fault. It is the fault of the Tangerine and the MAGA base

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, it absolutely is the tariffs, which a lot of companies were preparing for, but not the insanity he revealed.

 

[CB Fan]

Well it’ll be a nice system to have one day….

$450 I thought was fair but with the tariffs who knows how much it’s gonna be. The $80 games I understand the “WTH” of it all there, although I guess that’s bout to be the price of physical games on XBox and PlayStation after tariffs as well.

 

[Spider-Fan]

If the tariff on those games ends up 40%, then it's gonna be closer to $100. Rough math, 70 x .40(Aka 40%) = 28

70 + 28 = $98

 

[Lily Adler]

If the tariff on those games ends up 40%, then it's gonna be closer to $100. Rough math, 70 x .40(Aka 40%) = 28

70 + 28 = $98

We couldn't have elected the black woman with the laugh instead.

 

[Teelie]

Lots of whiny regressives wanted lower prices and an old racist in the White House. They got half of what they wanted.

 

[Lily Adler]

Lots of whiny regressives wanted lower prices and an old racist in the White House. They got half of what they wanted.

Those same people are complaining about Naughty Dog and Projekt Red.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Dave McFly]

My only issue is that the screen is LCD not OLED so I am in no hurry to 'upgrade' from my OLED Switch to the Switch 2

 

[Lily Adler]

My only issue is that the screen is LCD not OLED so I am in no hurry to 'upgrade' from my OLED Switch to the Switch 2

That was legit suprising.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

When I heard Sakurai was working on a new game I was hoping it was a new Kid Icarus.

 

[Lily Adler]

When I heard Sakurai was working on a new game I was hoping it was a new Kid Icarus.

I've hated Pit since Brawl. I found him annoying and broken in that game.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Scarlet Spider]

I've hated Pit since Brawl. I found him annoying and broken in that game.

Pit rules. The original was a classic and Uprising was amazing. I'd even take a remaster of that one.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

That was legit suprising.

Mid gen refresh!

 

[Sithborg]

They absolutely do have a Switch 2 Lite and OLED planned.

 

[Lily Adler]

They absolutely do have a Switch 2 Lite and OLED planned.

Maybe they can call it a Pro this time.