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Nintendo says tariffs weren't factored into Switch 2 price, but it's "something we're going to have to address"
Nintendo has pushed back at suggestions Switch 2's price - which has already left some fans reeling - was influenced by…
Instead, when The Verge asked Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser how the company had settled on Switch 2's price, he pointed to the console's new and redesigned features, ranging from its bigger LCD screen to reworked Joy-Con controllers. Bowser noted the company's move to "to diversify the places where we're manufacturing our hardware and our accessories" - namely away from China to Vietnam and Cambodia - had enabled it to get ahead of "the early stages of tariffs. At the time, Nintendo said preorders would be delayed in the US "in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions", but noted the console would still launch on 5th June.
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