Nintendo Switch 2 launches straight into Trump's trade war

Nintendo Switch 2 launches straight into Trump's trade war

It was going to be the revivifying event the video games industry desperately needed - instead, thanks to Donald Trump's tariffs, the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 is experiencing a troubled birth.

Nintendo Switch Game Console Release Is Whipsawed by Tariff Threats

The company moved most of its manufacturing to Vietnam from China to avoid tariffs. But the unpredictability of President Trump’s plans have thrown Nintendo for a loop.

Nintendo Reportedly Has a Stockpile of Over a Million Switch 2 Consoles in the US

Nintendo sent 383,000 units from Vietnam to the US in January and over 700,000 units in February. The shipments are bound to increase as Trump pauses most of his 'reciprocal tariffs.'

Nintendo Switch 2 and Sony PS5 Likely to Get Price Hikes Due to Tariffs

Japanese entertainment giants Nintendo and Sony Group are likely to raise prices on their game consoles in response to US tariffs, according to the latest research from Bloomberg Intelligence.American consumers would pay as as much as 30 percent more for a Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 under the base-case scenario, which would imply pricing close to $590 (roughly Rs. 50,765) for the soon-to-be-released Nintendo flagship machine or Sony's PS5 Astro B…