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Nintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339 / The Switch OLED price jumped by $50 on Sunday, to $399.99. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by misk@piefed.social to c/nintendo@lemmy.world

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 35 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

But the shouty man on TV told me tariffs were good? Why vibeo janes cost more?

[+] misk@piefed.social -25 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, long term Americans could be making Nintendo Switches domestically. They’d be more expensive but blue collar workers could be making more money. It’s not entirely dumb as everyone here paints it even if the implementation is laughably bad. Previous term Orange man made TSMC build a cutting-edge fab which by now is operational which is also pretty important for supply chain security in case China invades Taiwan. Europe would be fucked because we didn’t do enough for domestic manufacturing. Of course Orange man can’t make up his mind between using tariffs to forward personal agenda and meddling with internal politics of trading partners of the US but sometimes he gets it right. Toys being slightly more expensive is probably lower than tan spray on his list of priorities.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Moving all manufacturing to the US is not even remotely viable.

[+] misk@piefed.social -20 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

It’s not viable without upsetting those who benefit from status quo, that’s for sure. Many people don’t seem to be happy with that status quo though. They picked wrong answer to the correct question but they weren’t that far off.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No, it's not remotely viable because something always has to come from somewhere. The US, or any particular place on Earth, does not have every necessary resource available. Or might only have poor quality/purity resources available.

So even if you were to somehow move every manufacturing pipeline into a single country, that country still relies on getting lithium from other countries where it's abundant, or magnesium, or titanium, or sulphur, or cobalt, or gold, or platinum, or perhaps even just decent steal.

And since you're getting those resources from other countries, it's far more logistically viable to process those resources in the countries where they're mined.

And since those country are already processing the resources, it'll also be logistically way better if they can process them into basic components too.

[–] misk@piefed.social -2 points 3 hours ago

What are the resources required to build electronics that are unavailable in the US? There’s no infrastructure, yeah, but saying a country the size of US is limited in what’s available resource-wise sounds silly.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 19 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's actually just not viable, period. I don't think you understand just how complicated the logistics are, or how long the process would take even if they were to start relocating right now.

[+] misk@piefed.social -9 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Why? Do you mean the only viable model is to outsource cheap labour to Asia forever? People over there will move on eventually.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's not just about labor. It's about entire supply chains. It's not exactly trivial to pack up and move everything. And it's ultimately good for a global economy to have regions that specialize in specific kinds of manufacturing, it's not necessary for the US to try and make everything domestic just for the sake of being domestic.

I'm also not sure what you mean by "move on", do you think manfuacturing is somehow ephemeral?

[–] misk@piefed.social -5 points 4 hours ago

All you’re saying it’s complex and that it will take time. Americans put a man on the moon, they’re a resourceful bunch. Some got pretty lazy though.

I don’t think people in Asia are different from others and will likely be interested in pivoting their economies to be less dependent on a single thing. China already started so things moved to Vietnam, Indonesia etc. which for now are cheaper. Eventually „the west” is going to run out of places to outsource dirty work to. Colonialism is visibly losing steam, hence the rise of fascism which is just colonialism pointed inwards.

[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 47 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

So price increase in the US due to tariffs, as expected, but they raised the prices in Canada too? What kind of bullshit is that? Fuck you, Nintendo.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Likely Canada is part of the same US supply chain. If devices are shipped first to somewhere like California before being distributed north across the border, or something. They'd be hit by tariffs after arriving in the US and then the cost extends to wherever those devices are eventually sold.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, not sure why they raised prices in Canada, and funnily that happened before US price increase, so don't think it's linked to tariff.

[–] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 2 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago) (1 children)

No, it happened at the same time, we were just warned in advance. Once again, Canada gets fucked to make things level with American pricing despite our lower dollar.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Oh, don't know then. Someone suggested in comment below that maybe their supply-chain for Canada goes through US, if true that can make sense. Making a new route would also cost, and going through US will mean paying tariff.

Even then, I think they should have at least kept the Switch 1 prices low, if they can't decrease it, at least keep it same.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's how tariff pricing always works. Doesn't matter if the tariff pricing affects them or not, they'll raise prices as much as they can.

[–] misk@piefed.social 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Video game console prices didn’t rise because Brazil has high tariffs on electronics.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How many Switches sold in Brazil vs. USA?

[–] misk@piefed.social 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

How does amount of units sold in one country that decided to enact tariffs relates to prices of products sold between other sovereign countries? I would like to emphasise that world doesn’t revolve around the US and that US citizens democratically made it clear that they are no longer interested in attempting to make it so.

[–] Winthrowe@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Did the price go up in Europe too?

As a Canadian, my experience is many products have traditionally been imported from overseas into the USA, and then redistributed into Canada, leaving us with exposure to their tariffs.

Suppliers have been trying to eliminate this middle step generally but I don’t know about Nintendo specifically.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I'm not from the USA and neither is Nintendo but I'm sure it's one of their biggest markets.

Reduced sales will hurt. Nintendo has enough cash to eat the cost but that sets a bad precedent.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Do they lump North America altogether?

[–] brunacho@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 1 hour ago

they probably lump all of the americas. As in they likely enter via USA and are redistributed there, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago

It’s possible they ship to Canada via USA

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

They need to make up lost money somewhere. It's probably easier for them to raise prices everywhere than raise US ones even more. Especially since a Canadian switch is the same thing.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

It's ok, there are plenty 2nd hand. Scammers incoming.

[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Nintendo is really just speed running a downfall at this point. So sad since the devs at nintendo can really make some incredible art with limited time and hardware.

That being said they can shoot a child in broad daylight at this point and alot of the nintendo fandom still wouldnt bat an eye so... maybe theyre here to stay.

[–] Turret3857 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm all for a nintendo downfall. The last time we had one we got Mario Maker, Splatoon, MK8, Pikmin 3, BotW and we also got a free $60 digital game with a purchase of a physical $60 game. The online service was free, we got themes, there was actual character in the console through system music, creative UI and pack in games. It was great other than the fact you had to have a PC or buy another console to play third parties.

Signed a nintendo fan.

[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Im also lifetime nintendo fan (since snes), so its easy to be the hater when we know how good they can be. Kinda fucked up that desperation is the biggest source of innovation and good consumer practices.

You seem logical, but I wouldnt blame you if you had a switch 2 sitting <10ft from you(social pressure etc). If people dont stop feeding them while theyre at their worst nothing is going to change. until Switch2 is hacked Im not getting one. Im good here with ryujinx and modded 3ds.

[–] Turret3857 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I am also hoping and waiting for a modchip or exploit. I'm curious to see what the hardware can actually do when its removed from the chains of big N. I used to have an NSO online subscription near the start of the program but I havent had it since around when they added the expansion pass. I agree with you that Nintendo needs another kick in the pants from consumers so they start acting right. Bring them back to their Wii U days, or Sony's early PS3 days.

[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 1 points 8 hours ago

I am also hoping and waiting for a modchip or exploit. I'm curious to see what the hardware can actually do when its removed from the chains of big N.

Hell Yeah, genuinely felt like everyone around me caved the boycott within a week. Nice to see the few still holding out.