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In this photo, the Nintendo Switch 2 logo is displayed on the Smartphone screen on April 3, 2025 in the Chinese province of Jiangs.
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Nintendo Friday stated that a hot console was provided in advance President Donald Trump An announcement this week sweep new tariffs.
“Previous orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the US will not start on April 9, 2025 to evaluate the potential effect of tariffs and develop market conditions,” said a Nintendo CNBC spokesman. “Nintendo update the terms at a later date. The launch date on June 5, 2025 has not changed.”
The delay means one of the most significant answers from a large company regarding Trump’s rates and their influence on business and consumer costs. Most electronics companies produce in Asia, where some steep hikes live. Switches Nintendo 1 were made in China and Vietnam, Reuters reported in 2019.
Vietnam suffered 46% tariffs and China is now 54%. Nintendo did not say where the new consoles will be made.
Nintendo also did not say that if it raised the price of the console announced earlier this week, it will be $ 450 in the US IPC, an electronics trading group, calculated on Friday that the console prices could rise by 50% from the tariffs announced this week.
On the same day, Nintendo revealed a new console that Trump presented new tariffs.
Switch 2 – this Big and fastest version of the switch 1Which sold more than 150 million units since launching in 2017. Nintendo increased the price from the Switch 1 retail price in the amount of $ 300. This works on nutrition A custom chip Nvidia. Gamers will be able to use Switch 2 as a manual console and connect it to television. It is expected that in June, together with the new game Mario Kart.
