Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 3, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 3, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Here’s What a Made in the USA Version Could Cost The Switch 2 is one of the hottest products in Nintendo history, with pre-orders selling out almost immediately in both the U.S. and Japan, according to ABC News. In Japan alone, more than 2.2 million customers reportedly entered pre-orders for the device. This is in spite of its This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up of $450 in the United States. Advertisement: High Yield Savings Offers Powered by Money.com – Yahoo may earn commission from the links above. Learn More: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Try This: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up But as a Japanese company that sources much of its hardware from Vietnam, Cambodia and China, Nintendo’s costs could quickly skyrocket, making the “high” $450 price a distant memory. The only way to avoid the tariffs would be for Nintendo to shift production to the U.S., but that would also be costly, not to mention time-consuming. So, what would a “Made in the USA” version of the Nintendo Switch 2 cost, and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ? Even if Nintendo chose to manufacture the Switch 2 in the United States, it’s not as if it could simply open a factory and start cranking out devices tomorrow. In fact, the process would be incredibly complicated, as it would involve building new factories and production facilities, establishing a new supply chain and hiring workers. All of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , and most of them are ongoing expenses. In other words, it’s not as if Nintendo could fork over some type of one-time “penalty” in the form of upfront costs — it would be permanently building in a higher cost of operation into its business. Find Out: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Any estimate of how much the Nintendo Switch 2 would cost if it were entirely manufactured in the United States would by definition be a speculation. However, industry analysts estimate that the Switch 2 would cost closer to $600, according to video game industry website Polygon. Numerous analysts have speculated that the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , made by Apple, could jump 25% to 40% if it were to be made in America, according to CNBC. If that estimate is applied to the Nintendo Switch 2, this would put the price of the device at somewhere between $625 and $700. However, this isn’t a strict apples-to-apples comparison, and there’s no way to arrive at an exact figure. But it seems likely that the price of the Switch 2 would jump by at least a couple hundred dollars. In many ways, yes, the idea of projecting a price for an American-made Switch 2 is simply a mental exercise. The likelihood of Nintendo switching production to the United States lies somewhere between slim and none. But nonetheless, it’s a helpful exercise to understand This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up on numerous consumer goods. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Heres #USA #Version #Cost This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/239963-here%E2%80%99s-what-a-made-in-the-usa-version-could-cost/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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