Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns

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Nintendo is pushing backmost preorders for the Switch 2 owed to concerns astir Donald Trump’s recently announced tariffs. According to a connection sent to The Verge by Eddie Garcia connected behalf of Nintendo, it says preorders volition nary longer statesman connected April 9th:

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.

There’s inactive nary connection connected erstwhile preorders volition begin, arsenic Nintendo says it volition “update timing astatine a aboriginal date.” Nintendo inactive plans to launch the Switch 2 connected June 5th for $449.99.

It volition besides commencement letting customers preorder the Switch 2 straight from its website starting May 8th, but it didn’t accidental whether this day volition beryllium affected arsenic well.

Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 connected Tuesday — the aforesaid time President Donald Trump announced far-reaching tariffs affecting a fig of US commercialized partners. We’re already starting to spot the interaction of this latest circular of tariffs, with committee crippled shaper Steve Jackson Games saying it volition beryllium a “seismic shift” for the industry, and the paper grading work PSA pausing submissions from extracurricular the US.

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