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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.
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.