Maybe! I’m sure there’s loopholes of some sort.
Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks agoCouldn’t they move it to another country first to reduce it a bit?
dan@upvote.au 5 weeks ago
Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks agoCouldn’t they move it to another country first to reduce it a bit?
Maybe! I’m sure there’s loopholes of some sort.
Skunk@jlai.lu 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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.
Skunk@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
Savings for who? If nothing is changed and manufacturers (and retailers) doesn’t make any kind of commercial gesture, the only ones paying more are the American consumers.
So moving the manufacture would be a saving for every Joe and Jane in the US, not Nintendo nor the ROTW.
Not moving the manufacture might be a loss of % in their US consumer base as prices will be too high there, but is it big enough to justify the enormous costs needed to move an entire industry workflow?
I don’t think so, specially when there is so many instability in the US politic, if you move to an other country at great cost and 2 weeks later a new tariff is declared (because why not), you moved everything for no reason but still lost your investment.
My belief is that no industry nor country will adapt, they will just increase the US market prices and keep on living like before with the ROTW. The only ones to suffer will be the American citizens and I’m sorry for them, but there is an all planet to trade with.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
If you have a product that cost 500 with a markup of 50, but tariffs are pushing it to 750, it could easily be worth spending 50 to reduce tariffs to 650 and sell it at 700. You make just as much profit on each unit and you reduce the per unit cost which likely means more sales.