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Nintendo already shipped over 1m Vietnam-made consoles to US this year, as Switch 2 launch threatened by tariffs
Nintendo has directed the vast majority of its Switch 2 output from Vietnam towards the US to try and mitigate the impending impact of tariffs.
Nintendo has directed the vast majority of its Switch 2 manufacturing output from Vietnam towards the US over the first two months of this year, as the threat of Trump's now-confirmed tariffs loomed. Data obtained from customs records also reveals how Nintendo sent 100 percent of all Switch 2 consoles made in Vietnam to the US in January, after only a fraction of the country's output were sent there during the last few months of 2024. The suggestion here is that Nintendo pushed to get as many Vietnamese-made Switch 2 consoles into the US ahead of tariffs landing, expecting Chinese production to be hit hard.
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