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Last week, Nintendo retained the Hype train going on his upcoming new Switch 2 game games, with a series of Livestras showing a new device, along with the long -awaited upcoming games like Mario Kart World and Ass.
The players, however, had something else in mind. Live Chat with YouTube Livestream is overwhelmed by people who post “Drop The Price” and similar pleas for hours at the end.
The US price of a new system $ 449 – $ 629 in Canada – proves a heavy swallowing pill. The original switch was launched in 2017 to $ 299 ($ 399).
Adding concern is Nintendo’s American Page List Mario Kart World With $ 80, which is $ 10 higher than usual for current leading games. Nintendo Canadian trade does not currently list the producers of the proposed retail price (MRSP), but direct conversion would put it at $ 110 or more.
Then on Friday or two days after the Switch 2-yos exhibition, one bomb: Nintendo paused in advance for a console in the US, “to evaluate the potential influence of tariffs and developing market conditions,” the public said.
“Nintendo will update the time later. Later. Launch Date on June 5, 2025. It was unchanged,” the statement continued.
Although he did not mention US President Donald Trump by name, the use of the word “tariff” is merely a deviation from the advantage of a Japanese company to play to get away from current events or politics in his products or messages.
Industrial analysts and advocates expressed concern that an unpredictable tariff situation could lead to increasing prices on all sides, making Switch 2 – and playing in general – less accessible due to the wider crumb of accessibility.
It seems that the break of the pre -orders currently only affects the US. A Canadian representative from Nintendo confirmed to the CBC that pre-orders in this country will still start on April 9th.
Switch 2 Price ‘Suitable’, says Chief Nintendo America
Nintendo has not yet commented on the negative reaction to the Price of Switch 2. During the media from the Q&A table, with hardware architects of Switch 2 last Wednesday, the moderator quickly refused the price of the price, saying that the board was there to answer questions about “entertaining things”.
US President Nintendo Doug Bowser (has nothing to do with Mariovo Nemez) was something more that day.
“As we look at Nintendo Switch 2 and think about the sets of features I have talked about … We believe that prices are suitable for the value of the machine and experience in the game as a whole,” he said.
Bower, who spoke with CBC before the US break for the pre-orders, noted that the previous generation of the Switch device would continue to be supported, including the selection of new games that came out later this year.
“We are aware that there are some people who may not be able to afford (Switch 2) the price. We wanted to make the other platforms available at their disposal, so (people) still have the opportunity to get into our playing universe, be part of these characters in these worlds and see the value, if you will, in any part of the platform they are coming.”
Bowser would not share the target numbers, but said Nintendo believed that Switch 2 could be as successful as his immediate predecessor. It is a high tape, since the original switch has sold more than 150 million units around the world, making it the third best -selling console of all time.
“Of course, there are prolonging external circumstances that could affect positive or negative. And we can’t necessarily control. What we can control is that we think we will get a device that will bring more developers to the platform, to which we can lean up as a programmer or publisher. And as a result, bring a lot of smiles to people.”
About these ‘external circumstances’
Speaking before pausing the pre -orders, Analysts told Gamesindustry.biz They believed that a high price was probably determined in anticipation of Trump’s announcement of global tariffs.
“Higher console costs in the US -in comparison with Japan are probably calculated by the move of Nintendo’s part, guided by tariff influences, weak conditions of Japanese Jen and the local market,” ” said Daniel Ahmad, director of research and insight for Niko Partners.
“The reciprocal tariffs on Vietnam and Japan have become more than expected, and Nintendo will feel the impact if the tariffs enter the full effect.”
Nintendo moved part of its SWitch 2 production from China to Vietnam partially avoid the effects of American tariffs. However, Trump’s 46 -pointed tariff on Vietnam came more than the market observers predicted and may have completely erased the benefits of the move.
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A spokesman for the American Association of Software for Entertainment based in the United States said a place to play IGN They expect that Trump’s tariffs will have great effects on the whole game industry and beyond, although it was an “unhappy and accidental time” that Nintendo’s Switch 2 discovered on Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements.
Paul Fogolin, president of the Canada Entertainment S
Fogolin noted that, like other wide consumption goods, gaming consoles and other consumer electronics used by people to play games, built with parts from several countries and could pass several boundaries that eventually influenced the tariffs during the construction.
The price of more than $ 600 in Canada is among the new details about Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 console, along with the start of the starting of June 5 and some of the games that will be available. Will that cost distract the customers?
“The industry relies on affordable consoles, because it is a goal to provide players with the latest technology for playing the latest games, so we predict that the tariffs cause the shooting effect that will affect the players and companies throughout the ecosystem,” Fogolin said.
Nintendo finds himself in a tight place, not completely his own creation. Competitors like Microsoft and Sony have no doubt watching a tariff situation carefully and how it can affect future hardware editions.
For players of all ages Jonesing for the next hit Mario map or MetroidThe question of Switch 2 may not be: “Is that worth it?” but simply, “Can I afford it?”
