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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order price expected to take 'a massive hit'
It may not be good news, after all, but it depends on how reliant Nintendo is on China
The Switch 2 is also being produced in Vietnam, and a report from Bloomberg indicated that Hosiden Corp, Nintendo's main assembler in the country, had shipped more units to the US – nearly 800,000 – in February 2025 than they had in the previous six months combined, before the tariffs were due to come in. After all, the Vietnam Switch 2 consoles only account for a third of the shipped units, and the vast majority are reportedly still manufactured in China, which could lead to an eventual price increase. Pointing to a more expensive Switch 2, Sony announced it is raising the PS5 price for the second time in Europe, the UK and countries outside the US due to a "challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates".
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