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The 46% tariff rate on products from Vietnam, where US Switch 2s are made, is slated to go into effect next month.
The long-awaited release of the Nintendo Switch 2 is set to arrive early Thursday morning. The launch ends months of anticipation punctuated by pre-order chaos and a tariff-induced scare about possible price or delivery impact.
"If the tariff talks do not progress quickly and Nintendo runs out of the first batch of hardware, price increases are certainly possible," Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of Japan games industry consultancy Kantan Games tells us. "It's not only chaos but an absolute clown show, so nobody knows what is going to happen even 24 hours from now."
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have affected multiple sectors, including the video game industry. With the upcoming launch of the Nintendo Switch 2,
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In a slick prerecorded video presentation, Nintendo (NTDOY, 7974.T) unveiled the Switch 2, the long-awaited successor of its wildly popular Nintendo Switch handheld console. It was exactly what gamers were hungry for: details on the console’s more powerful specs;