{"id":2517,"date":"2025-05-09T12:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2025-05-12T02:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T02:55:22","slug":"nintendo-worried-tariffs-will-hit-switch-2-as-people-have-less-money-to-spend-on-game-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/nintendo-worried-tariffs-will-hit-switch-2-as-people-have-less-money-to-spend-on-game-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo worried tariffs will hit Switch 2 as \u2018people have less money to spend on game consoles\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The console\u2019s not even out yet and there are already fears of a price hike (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unlike Sony<\/a> and Microsoft<\/a>, Nintendo<\/a> has explicitly commented on how Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s tariffs could affect the launch of Switch 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s quite obvious what has spurred Sony and Microsoft to raise the prices of their consoles \u2013 the new tariffs<\/a> imposed by US president Donald Trump \u2013 neither company has admitted the fact and have instead tried to tiptoe around the issue.<\/p>\n

Sony blamed \u2018high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates\u2019 for the PlayStation 5\u2019s second price hike<\/a> (which has only affected the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand), while Microsoft said<\/a> unfavourable \u2018market conditions\u2019 and increased development costs were why Xbox hardware and games would be more expensive going forward.<\/p>\n

Nintendo, however, has been more forthcoming about how the tariffs could affect its business, going as far to say that its profits could see an \u2018impact of tens of billions of yen.\u2019<\/p>\n

For context, 10 billion yen is just over \u00a350 million and that\u2019s just the minimum of how much Nintendo fears it could lose.<\/p>\n

This comes straight from Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, as part of the company\u2019s financial results for the 2025 fiscal year (April 2024 to March 2025).<\/p>\n

According to Japanese outlet Yomiuri Shimbun<\/a> (as translated by IGN<\/a>), Furukawa explicitly pointed to the tariffs as one of the \u2018corresponding hurdles\u2019 that could have a serious impact on Nintendo\u2019s profits, especially with its new console, the Nintendo Switch 2, launching this year.<\/p>\n

\u2018If prices of daily necessities like food increase [because of the tariffs] then people will have less money to spend on game consoles,\u2019 said Furukawa.<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged that any price increase for the Switch 2, in response to the tariffs, would only risk \u2018decreasing sales.\u2019 It\u2019s unclear, though, if any price hike would apply worldwide or just for the US.<\/p>\n

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