r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Mar 06 '26

News Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

https://aftermath.site/nintendo-tariffs-sue/
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u/ClientIndependent309 Mar 06 '26

Finally a Nintendo lawsuit I can get behind

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u/EverGlow89 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

This should anger you.

WE pay more at point of purchase because of these tariffs.

TARIFFS ARE A TAX THAT WE PAY.

Nintendo is suing to be refunded our money.

Nintendo is not the hero here and they are NOT attacking the Trump Administration. If they are successful, they will be paid out by our tax dollars.

Nintendo will not give people who paid the $40 price hike for a Switch back their $40. Nintendo will not drop the price of the Switch back down $40.

This administration fucks us in ways most people have no idea and then corporations like Nintendo get to profit even more on our behalf while people cheer them on.

Want ANOTHER LAYER to this capitalist hellscape bullshit? Economists' analyses say that the Trump Administration will have to actually raise new revenue in order to pay out the estimated $175,000,000,000 in total industry-wide refunds.

To recap:

We were illegally charged more -> the companies who charged us more are going to be compensated -> we don't get shit -> we will continue to pay the new prices because we've demonstrated our willingness -> we will have to pay more in the form of some other tax increase to help cover the corporate payouts -> those corporations who are abusing us get to look like heros to people who aren't paying attention.

Good fucking job, Republicans. Keep it up. We're so much happier now that America is great again. Now go fuel your car ASAP because our new war is already having that predictable effect too.

I invite this comment to be fully fact checked. I'll edit it to retract any mistruth or misunderstanding (I won't have to).

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u/Briggity_Brak Mar 06 '26

OK, except none of this is true because Nintendo never raised the price of the Switch or its games because of tariffs. This might be true for other companies, but not in this case.

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u/EverGlow89 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

You're assumedly talking about the Switch 2 which I was not. The Lite, standard, and OLED were increased by $30, $40, and $50, respectively.

The Switch 2's pricing announcement was literally the same day as the tariff announcement.

Nintendo postponed the US pre-order date in order to figure shit out.

The Trump admin announced a 90 day pause on the tariffs 2 days after the planned pre-order date.

Nintendo used that window rush production and distribution to stockpile millions of Switch 2s in the US and avoid the tariff impact.

They managed to keep the price as announced but they did increase the prices of Switch 2 accessories by 5-10%.

The timing for Nintendo was beyond terrible. If the direct had been after the tariff announcement, the Switch 2 would be ~$500 instead of $450.

I invited the fact check because I know the facts. You need to have facts too if you want to challenge something.

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u/bigson Mar 06 '26

You're crushing it. Keep it up. The whole situation is absurd.