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After months of back-and-forth and delays, Trump’s tariffs<\/a> have finally hit a major piece of gaming hardware: the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, which is due to launch June 5, 2025.<\/p>\n

It’s only a delay on the pre-order not release date, but this is the first major delay of its kind in the wake of recent tariffs and likely paints a pretty dark picture about rising prices of gaming hardware in the near future.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued to IGN<\/a> and echoed on GameStop’s social<\/a>, Nintendo has stated “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”<\/p>\n

Those outside of the US can still get their pre-orders in but, though our standing consumer advice is always to avoid pre-ordering hardware before any independent reviews are live, this delay is more indicative of the expected higher pricing Trump’s tariffs presage.<\/p>\n

The MSRP of the Nintendo Switch 2 on the US website<\/a> still sits at $450 MSRP for the standard edition and $500 for the Mario Kart World Tour edition that comes with the $80 game. However, this comes with the caveat that this is the suggested price, not the actual price. If a company as large as Nintendo is halting pre-orders it must be concerned there will be significant changes in pricing on the way that might make it difficult to honor pre-orders at the original MSRP.<\/p>\n

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Though the idea of not being able to guarantee a pre-order in the US for the Nintendo Switch 2 is certainly noteworthy, the larger picture for PC gamers is what a precedent this sets.<\/p>\n

If you care about PC Gaming, you will likely be using a lot of non-US hardware. TSMC’s largest and most up-to-date fab is based out of Taiwan, and it is the most valued chip maker in the world. We are still two years away from the estimated date<\/a> that TSMC’s Arizona factory<\/a> will be on 3 nm tech, and we don’t yet know if this will save the next lineup of Nvidia and AMD GPUs from tariffs.<\/p>\n

Though AMD is based in the US, its manufacturing is largely done outside of it. Intel manufactures in the US but has facilities all around the world.<\/p>\n

These tariffs reportedly won’t hit semiconductors<\/a>, but pc gaming hardware is more than just semiconductors, and tariffs can still hit semiconductors if placed in devices and imported in.<\/p>\n

Trump’s tariffs also won’t hit hardware that is already in the US so, if you’ve recently placed an order for a shiny new GPU on the way now, you should be fine.<\/p>\n

However, if the graphics card or gaming laptop you’ve had your eye on suddenly can’t even be pre-ordered at your favorite store, that suggests prices are about to go up. If a retailer or manufacturer’s storefront does not yet have that hardware in its hands, the future looks rather bleak for any kind of consistent pricing. That is until major manufacturers have a grip on how to react to these tariffs.<\/p>\n

Nintendo announcing a pre-order date, and then quickly pulling them over the span of a week certainly doesn’t look good for other gaming hardware price-rises in the very near future.<\/p>\n

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After months of back-and-forth and delays, Trump’s tariffs have finally hit a major piece of gaming hardware: the Nintendo Switch 2, which is due to launch June 5, 2025. It’s only a delay on the pre-order not release date, but this is the first major delay of its kind in the wake of recent tariffs and likely paints a pretty dark picture about rising prices of gaming hardware in the near future. In a statement issued to IGN and echoed on GameStop’s social, Nintendo has stated “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of…<\/p>\n

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