Pricing for the Nintendo Switch 2 and its software has been a huge controversy ever since the Switch 2 Direct took place over a week ago. It hasn’t helped that Nintendo had to postpone pre-orders of the console in the United States and Canada just days after the Switch 2 Direct because of the many tariffs that the US has been enacting.
As of this post’s writing, the tariffs have been temporarily reduced in many countries for the most part. For the next 90 days, they’re just 10%. The only exception is China, where they are still very high. It would be an understatement to say that this whole thing has been a mess for Nintendo, but if analytical firm Niko Partners opinion on the matter ends up being right, there might be a little silver lining for the near future.
Niko Partners said that “with tariffs on Vietnam temporarily reduced for the next 90 days, we expect Nintendo to eat the 10% tariff in order to keep the launch price at $450. However, the price could very easily increase if a higher tariff is added after 90 days. It is a cautionary tale”. Eventually, Nintendo will announce when pre-orders will go live in both the US and Canada. Whenever that happens, as well as a new price announcement, we’ll let you know.
