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.

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[–] venoft@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

New PS5's and other consoles will also get way more expensive. So relatively the switch is still the same price at 600, compared to everything else.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Until MY pay goes up, that just means everything is more expensive, and I won't be buying new things.

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thing is ps6 and whatever god forsaken name they come up for the next xbox are still multiple years out, no?

[–] venoft@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Tariffs are not just for new products (new models). As soon as the current ps5 stock of a retailer is gone, they have to order new ones and pay a tariff. Then they make it more expensive for the consumer.

lets say Walmart now sells a ps5 for $400, but in a month they have to order new ones, from China. The order is more expensive than the one last month because of the tariffs, so they pay like 40% more. Walmart will now sell the ps5 for about $550 to you.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m honestly surprised they haven’t jacked up the prices already! Partly because Capitalism^TM^ — but also because I fully expect for big retailers like Walmart to have 30-90 day payment terms with vendors, and some of those invoices potentially being subject to these tariffs.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

........stop being right! I got angry reading that, but when I clicked reply to yell at you, I realized it was all emotional backlash on my end. I couldn't formulate a thought process to show why you're wrong. Because you're not wrong. I just hate that you're right!