Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Order Date in the U.S. to Assess Impact of Trump's Tariffs

Nintendo has taken the unprecedented determination to hold Switch 2 pre-orders successful the U.S., blaming the interaction of Trump’s tariffs and “evolving marketplace conditions.”

Pre-orders were acceptable to spell unrecorded successful the U.S. connected April 9. Nintendo did not stock an updated kick-off date, but did committedness that the June 5, 2025 merchandise day of the Switch 2 itself remains intact.

Nintendo issued IGN the pursuing statement:

Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 successful the U.S. volition not commencement April 9, 2025 successful bid to measure the imaginable interaction of tariffs and evolving marketplace conditions. Nintendo volition update timing astatine a aboriginal date. The motorboat day of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.

Nintendo has confirmed the pre-order hold is circumstantial to the U.S. In the UK, for example, Nintendo's pre-order hold remains unchanged.

Nintendo announced the Switch 2 astatine $449.99, with a Mario Kart World bundle priced $499.99. Mario Kart World itself is priced $79.99.

Nintendo Switch 2 comes with the following:

• Nintendo Switch 2 console
• Joy-Con 2 controllers (L+R)
• Joy-Con 2 Grip
• Joy-Con 2 Straps
• Nintendo Switch 2 Dock
• Ultra High-Speed HDMI Cable
• Nintendo Switch 2 AC Adapter
• USB-C Charging Cable

Nintendo’s connection issued contiguous raises the imaginable that it could hike the terms of the Switch 2 and its games further amid what is already an aggravated backlash to its next-gen pricing strategy.

Speaking successful a video connected their YouTube channel, erstwhile Nintendo of America PR managers Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang criticized Nintendo for the mode it revealed the $449.99 terms of the Switch 2 and the $79.99 terms of Mario Kart World pursuing this week's Nintendo Direct.

“I don’t privation to stroke things retired of proportion, but this does consciousness similar a existent situation infinitesimal for Nintendo,” Ellis said.

U.S. markets tumbled contiguous aft China deed backmost against Donald Trump's raft of tariffs. China, which faces a 54% import tax, has retaliated with an further 34% taxation connected U.S. goods from adjacent week.

Moments earlier the U.S. markets opened, Trump said "China played it wrong, they panicked," and insisted his policies would "never change."

The satellite is present near facing economical uncertainty, with immoderate mainstream quality media declaring the epoch of inexpensive goods present implicit for the American user arsenic higher tariffs are automatically passed done to ostentation and higher prices.

Tariffs are fundamentally taxes placed connected the outgo of importing definite goods. While it's imaginable for companies successful the proviso concatenation to simply devour these costs, much often than not these taxes are passed onto consumers. And unluckily for gamers, rising prices are precise apt to interaction tech and gaming goods.

Niko Partners expert Daniel Ahmad had warned that Trump's astonishment tariffs connected countries specified arsenic Vietnam, wherever Nintendo had shifted immoderate of its Switch 2 manufacturing successful anticipation of U.S. tariffs connected China, mightiness person caused a rethink.

"While the institution has shifted immoderate of its manufacturing to Vietnam to offset U.S. tariffs connected China, the looming menace of reciprocal tariffs anterior to the Switch 2 showcase volition person besides forced Nintendo to see a higher terms for the remainder of the world," Ahmad said. "The reciprocal tariffs connected Vietnam and Japan person travel successful higher than expected, and Nintendo volition consciousness the interaction of this if the tariffs spell into afloat effect."

For more, cheque retired everything announced astatine the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, and what the experts person to accidental astir the Switch 2 terms and Mario Kart World’s $80 terms tag.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].