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It took me a while to get it just because of how dumb the point they are trying to make.
I fully believe tariffs have NOTHING to do with the price of the Switch 2, they got greedy as the games media have been filling the heads of studios that they should charge more due to 'the economy' as we all heard rumors of GTA 6 being $100.
But this bitch slap response by their own fans at the price made them shift HARD so they are probably trying to blame tariffs as a scapegoat to pivot when, if it goes to Japan/US going to zero tariffs, it should be cheaper then so they have no justification for their pricing.
I just hope we get another 3DS situation where sales plummet, Nintendo reads the room, and they drop the price to reasonable levels.
We can hope, they've weathered a lot of storms over the years by reading the room so hopefully they do the same again.
Same thing happened with the gamecube. It's like every other generation Nintendo has to learn this lesson
they're also one of the last major video game companies that has an actual loyal fan base. I can't think of a single person who actually likes Xbox, PlayStation, or EA, and Valve is games distributor instead of a game developer at this point. that lack of competition makes them confident in raising the price like this.
Which is what makes this community backlash SO important.
If Nintendo CAN'T get away with a price hike, Rockstar, let alone others like Bethesda when they EVENTUALLY release ES6 can't do it either.
joke's on them, they're over the hill. I'm not buying their trash regardless of what they price it at.
The reality is that the price was decided no less than 3 years ago.
No company just cuts R&D loose to build whatever. There is always price at the heart of the design (cost + profit). There are compromises that can nudge things north or south, but that stuff was already hashed out before even the Republican primaries.
And Nintendo's pricing strategy is less a symptom of the economy and more about Nintendo not having "games people" in charge. Furukawa's ascension to president basically sealed the deal. No games experience other than accounting.
Considering it is more expensive in Europe when you look at the exchange rate, that would be true.