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Given the games are like $90 each, that's some copium shit right there.

They're not even giving away the tutorial game. The chance of them eating the tariffs is nil. They're just trying to work out the maximum amount they can sell it for.

“Probably seriously considering”

Serious journalism here…

I hope they won't increase the price everywhere to "eat the cost" of Trumpistan tariffs. They chose the orange man, they get to have the consequences.

I'm not buying. I think they could have it be $499.99 and have that pass well enough. Once that leading number says 5, the consoles screwed in my opinion. Not just tariffs, it's partially their own doing with how everyone has come to understand that buying Nintendo means you're not going to get good digital sales comparable to Steam and probably not PS5. You'll get re-releases of games from PS4/Steam that released a decade+ ago at $60+ while you can get them $10 regularly on Steam. Nintendo first party games physical copies barely go down in price and their digital sale prices suck. Nintendo set the tone for games being priced premium even when they're old old

If they seriously increase the price here the switch 2 is basically dead in the water.

As it stands the launch price is dangerously high.

Do it, cowards

What a shit hedge of a headline/article. They might but they might not. Great analysis!

This is the most nothing title for an article ever. People who have no direct connection think of something but hope something else will happen!

Those "former marketing leads" are former for a reason then, I guess. There's absolutely no way that Nintendo is going to "eat the cost" on this.

For one thing, the Chinese tariffs are more than 100%. They are certainly not going to pay to ship their console.

But they've been pretty clear in the past that they aren't about "loss leaders" and will charge what the console is worth.

Given the margin they make on games, and their absolute control of games for the platform, they could get away with a razors-and-blades pricing model of making a loss on the consoles and making it back from software. (IIRC, some game consoles historically were sold on this model.)

As if my nostalgia goggles didn't already drop at the initial business model, they now got lost in a lake.

So much fixation with the console price, but I'd rather have a more expensive console and games that actually get cheaper over time like Sony consoles where if you are patient enough can get up to 3-6 first party exclusives for the price of 1 full priced game. Game costs easily surpass the price of the console for avid gamers who like playing through multiple titles a year.