We’ll always remember the Nintendo Switch 2 launch event because it coincided with Trump’s new tariffs announcements that would continue to escalate in the weeks following the Switch 2 release.
Just as Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 would start at $449.99 in the US, some $50 more expensive than expected, almost the entire world got hit with a round of tariffs that made American Switch fans wonder how much the console would cost.
All the countries in Nintendo’s Switch 2 supply chain were hit with tariffs, with China being hit the hardest. China’s tariffs continued climbing in the weeks after the Switch 2 release and stayed in place when Trump announced a 90-day pause on everyone else’s tariffs a few days ago.
Nintendo paused the Switch 2 preorders for the US and Canada soon after those first Trump tariffs were announced, and made no changes to the price.
Two weeks later, gamers looking to preorder the new handheld should be happy to hear that Nintendo decided to stick with the $449.99 starting price for the Switch 2. Nintendo also announced a new preorder date for the console on Friday, April 24th.
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