return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concernswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down16
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minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAbsolutely. The console is manufactured in Vietnam, which now has a 46% tariff. I really doubt that Nintendo’s profit margin is high enough to allow them to just eat that cost.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCouldn’t they move it to another country first to reduce it a bit?
minus-squareSkunk@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat would cost them enormous amounts of cash and hours of work just for one market. There’s no point, the best option is just to ignore the US and let them pay more than the rest of the world, even if that means fewer sales.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe! I’m sure there’s loopholes of some sort.
Absolutely. The console is manufactured in Vietnam, which now has a 46% tariff. I really doubt that Nintendo’s profit margin is high enough to allow them to just eat that cost.
Couldn’t they move it to another country first to reduce it a bit?
That would cost them enormous amounts of cash and hours of work just for one market.
There’s no point, the best option is just to ignore the US and let them pay more than the rest of the world, even if that means fewer sales.
Maybe! I’m sure there’s loopholes of some sort.