Boing Boing

Boing Boing

Share this post

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
Trump's trade war tantrum just made your Nintendo Switch 2 even more expensive
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

Trump's trade war tantrum just made your Nintendo Switch 2 even more expensive

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 04, 2025
∙ Paid
1

Share this post

Boing Boing
Boing Boing
Trump's trade war tantrum just made your Nintendo Switch 2 even more expensive
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Share

Switch 2 (Nintendo)

Nintendo just hit pause on Switch 2 pre-orders thanks to Trump's tariff tantrum.

The Switch 2's $449.99 price tag was already making wallets cry. But now Trump's decided to slap a whopping 46% tariff on Vietnam (where Nintendo makes some of its hardware) and 34% on China.

"Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start Apri…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Boing Boing to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
A guest post by
Ellsworth Toohey
Contributor to Boing Boing
Subscribe to Ellsworth
© 2025 Happy Mutants LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More