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On Friday, Nintendo announced that the players are unable to pre -order a switch 2 on April 9th. The Company President Donald Trump's planned tariffs accused directly Basically against every country on the planet (except Russia and North Korea, strange) for the delay. This has caused some people and analysts to predict a price increase for the 450 dollar console online.
This was explained in a statement by Nintendo First received by Gamespot:
Pre -orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the USA will not begin on April 9, 2025 to evaluate the potential effects of tariffs and developing market conditions. Nintendo will update the timing at a later date. The start date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
Be clear: The Switch 2 currently costs 450 US dollars And should start in June. None of this has changed. Currently. With these messages and the current Setbacks from players about game pricesI would say that a large part of the rollout and the pricing of the Switch 2 is in the air. Maybe Trump will do what he has done in the past and delays some or all of the last minute Huge tariff. Perhaps you will be doubled in some places. Maybe he explains video games illegally with an executive order. People, everything is possible at the moment.
It is very rare for a large video game company like Nintendo to support this quickly after announcing an appointment for pre -orders. Even stranger for Nintendo of all companies to connect his decision to President Trump directly by excluding his planned tariffs. But we live in wild and unprecedented times, something that reminds me every time I check social media or the news. As you could expect in such a bizarre moment, many people reacted online to the Switch 2 News.
Here are some of the more entertaining reactions to just distract them from … everything.
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Screenshot: Bluesky / Kotaku
Screenshot: Bluesky / Kotaku
