Cartridge games for the Switch 2 aren’t even cartridge games anymore, haven’t you heard? There’s no game on the cartridges just a passkey.
Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
drunkenkissstyle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged. Wonder if the price of the console and even the cartridge games will change.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
alehel@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
They just replace the code-in-a-box releases we had with gen 1 of the switch. They’re still doing the regular cartridges with the game on the card.
Teknikal@eviltoast.org 14 hours ago
Yeah that’s a big no from me my last handheld console was the Vita and I felt even that was overpriced for games that were actually on the cartridge.
If everything is actually digital I’m simply not buying Sony killed my account with them because I didn’t login within 6 months and I’d actually bought games there so screw digital
dan@upvote.au 1 day ago
Absolutely. The console is manufactured in Vietnam, which now has a 46% tariff.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Couldn’t they move it to another country first to reduce it a bit?
Skunk@jlai.lu 23 hours ago
That would cost them enormous amounts of cash and hours of work just for one market.
There’s no point, the best option is just to ignore the US and let them pay more than the rest of the world, even if that means fewer sales.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 19 hours ago
Well does it cost them more or less than the tariff. That is pretty much the only question, its not that much work if it results in a lot of savings.
dan@upvote.au 1 day ago
Maybe! I’m sure there’s loopholes of some sort.
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I think they necessarily will. I can’t imagine retailers eating the lost margin.
bluemite@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Retailers won’t eat it all, consumers will
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
More like retailers won’t eat any of it and will take the opportunity to raise prices even more because they know consumers are expecting higher prices and they have pressure to retain or increase their margins to meet shareholder expectations.