Nintendo said that after the release of steep tariffs on exports from Japan, he will not open a pre -order for Switch 2 in the US next week.
Firm Introduced a highly anticipated console On Wednesday, the same day, US President Donald Trump announced his new global tariffs.
At that time, the US said that pre -orders would be opened within a few days, but now he had to review his plans.
“For Nintendo Switch 2 in the United States, pre -orders will not start to evaluate the potential impact of tariffs and developing market conditions.” He said.
He still says he plans to launch the console, as planned on June 5th.
Nintendo confirmed that the announcement is only valid for the US market, so British pre -orders will not be affected.
Tariffs are taxes collected from goods imported from other countries.
Japan, where the game company is located, was shot with a 24% tariff – a cost that the company swallows or passes to consumers.
Trump says that global tariffs will increase the US economy and protect the jobs – but Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said to them “national crisis” on Friday According to local media.
“The government will do its best to respond to this crisis containing the whole country,” he said.
The decision may increase the concerns that Nintendo may consider a change in the US prices among the fans.
Cost of console games It has already appeared As a concern.
On Wednesday, Switch 2 revealed that the US would cost $ 449,99 in the United States and that a physical copy of Mario Kart World will come to $ 79.99 – but less can be purchased when the consul is purchased.
It is not known that Nintendo hit the original pricing of potential tariffs – but, even though, he would not expect the ratio to be as high as 24% described by Trump.
