Okay, so here’s the deal. Trump just dropped this bombshell of a trade thingy with Vietnam — slapped a 20% tariff on everything coming from there. Sounds like a win, right? But wait, back up. It was at 46%, and then he hit pause for, like, 90 days, chilling it down to 10%. Good for Nintendo, right? They were totally banking on that for their Switch 2 numbers. Yeah, oops. Now they’re in a bit of a pickle.
Switch 2 — kind of a big deal. Sold 3.5 million units first weekend. That’s, like, a million more than the OG Switch. People loved it, except in, well, not the U.S. or U.K. There, it was gold. But elsewhere? Crickets, maybe. Folks were grumpy — couldn’t get their hands on it. CEO dude, Shuntaro Furukawa, was like, “Sorry, my bad,” to shareholders. Awkward.
And geopolitics! ‘Cause why not? April 2, 2025 — boom! Switch 2 launched, and surprise — Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Not a smooth move. The $449 price tag looked shaky. There was some nail-biting, for sure. I mean, they had to keep that price, right? They delayed pre-orders — probably lots of head-scratching and calculator smashing. But then they were like, “Hey, we kept the price the same! Accessories? Eh, those went up a bit.”
Nintendo was kind of crossing fingers, hoping for tariffs to chill at 10%. Surprise! Nope, not happening. Now they’re in a limbo of sorts. No official word on paper yet. Just… guesses. If the 20% sticks, poof — $450 might turn into $500. Oof.
Yeah, that’s life, messy and full of curveballs. Keep an eye on Tom’s Hardware for more chaos and news. Promise it’ll be a wild ride.
