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What Next: TBD | Trump Tariffs Hit Mushroom Kingdom

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The same day  Nintendo was officially introducing its latest console, Donald Trump was announcing his new global tariff plan. As a result, gamers were treated to an early preview of what a world bound up in tariffs would look like. Spoiler: It’ll probably cost you a lot more. Guest: Jason Koebler, a co-founder of 404 Media Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Over the past few months, gamers have been anxiously awaiting an important new release,

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the Nintendo Switch 2.

1:08.5

For months, there's been leaks from different suppliers, case manufacturers saying,

1:11.1

oh, it's coming, it's coming, and there's sort of this fever pitch of people getting excited for the release. That's Jason Kebler, a co-founder of

1:17.5

four or four media who wrote about the Switch 2. Last Wednesday, the very same day that

1:23.1

President Trump announced his slew of tariffs, Nintendo made it official.

1:35.4

And on Liberation Day, last week, Nintendo officially announced the device in the morning and said it was going to cost $449, and that pre-orders for the Switch 2 were going to start on April 9th.

1:45.0

Gamers were psyched, but they didn't love the price tech.

1:48.6

And so there was this huge mix of excitement that this thing was finally real and that it's coming soon.

1:56.4

And at the same time, I think people were a little upset about the price because the original switch, I believe, was $299.

2:02.8

And the announced price for this was $449.

2:06.1

And so people were saying, oh, well, this is already more expensive than we were expecting.

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