Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser said that the company did not factor in possible tariffs from the U.S. when deciding on the pricing for its Nintendo Switch 2 console, according to Wired.
Nintendo unveiled its highly anticipated Switch 2 last week and announced that the console would be released on June 5, priced at $450. But later that day, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would impose sweeping tariffs on goods imported into the country, sending the global economy into disarray.
U.S. preorders for the Switch 2 were supposed to begin on April 9, but U.S. consumers won’t be able to preorder the console until Nintendo figures out how to address the tariffs. Many of the Switch 2’s parts are assembled and manufactured in China, Vietnam, and Cambodia; under Trump’s new plan, China is subject to 54% tariffs, while Cambodia and Vietnam are subject to 49% and 46% tariffs, respectively.
According to Bowser, Nintendo had already begun trying to diversify where it makes products, moving most production from China to other countries.
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