Tariff Change Could Be Good News for the Nintendo Switch 2 Price and Pre-Orders

Summary

Trump’s tariff changes may allow Nintendo to sell the Switch 2 at its original US price.
Tariffs will be reduced to 10% for 90 days, except for China which is seeing increased tariffs.
The Switch 2 is largely being manufactured in Vietnam, so these changes could mitigate the tariffs’ impact for Nintendo.

US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that all reciprocal tariffs, except China’s, will go down to 10% for 90 days could be good news for gamers who want to purchase the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. As the trade war subsides a little after Trump’s initial wave of tariffs, this gives Nintendo a good window of opportunity to sell the Switch 2 at the original price in the United States, something that may not have been possible if the previous high tariffs continued.

After the recent Nintendo Direct, the Nintendo Switch 2 had its price confirmed as 449.99 by itself, or $499.99 if bundled with Mario Kart World. Soon after the event, Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on importing goods from other countries into the US. These tariffs included countries such as Vietnam, which currently manufactures the Switch 2.

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Now, Trump has backtracked on some of the harshest aspects of the trade war, announcing that all countries, except China, will have their tariffs lowered to the baseline of 10% for 90 days, as negotiations with the US government will happen. However, the tariffs imposed on China have risen to 125%, as Trump has singled out the Asian country for responding with 84% retaliatory tariffs on goods imported from the US.

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As these changes happen, it’s likely that gamers will wonder how the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 could be affected. Nintendo was already concerned about the tariffs even before the Switch’s price was announced. So, it’s likely that the official Switch 2 prices revealed earlier this month already reflect some of these changes in global markets. As most Nintendo Switch 2 consoles are manufactured in Vietnam, whose tariffs have been greatly reduced from 47 to 10%, it’s possible that it will be easier for Nintendo to keep the current prices.

One of the current effects of the trade war is that Nintendo recently delayed the Switch 2 pre-orders in the United States, which were originally set to start on April 9. It’s currently unknown when the pre-orders will be reopened by Nintendo.

In any case, it’s hard to know for certain how the price of the Switch 2 will be affected by Trump’s tariffs. Some specialists have suggested that the Switch 2 could cost up to $529 after the tariff hikes, but this most recent decision may greatly diminish this impact, so gamers should wait until Nintendo comments on the matter.