 Hey everyone, I need to talk to you about something that is happening in the United States that could massively impact Nintendo switch and other video game platforms as well, but we're gonna focus on Nintendo here and This is a little bit. Well, not a little bit. It's actually extremely political and This isn't I'm not gonna give any political stances one way or another I'm just gonna state what's happening and I really want to implore all of you guys to not dive Into politics down in the comment section We do not talk about politics and religion or stuff related to that at all on this channel for very specific reasons Because I don't want people to be arguing over their personal beliefs that aren't video game Like related so you could talk about what where this subject is But keep it related to this and not all the extracurriculars around it So why am I putting in this preface? What are we talking about? Well, Donald Trump president of the United States is looking to impose a 25% Tariff on goods coming from China They've already increased it for other goods coming from China But now they're looking to increase it for all of the rest of the goods coming from China and the Nintendo switch itself is Built assembled and shipped from China. This could mean Potentially, we don't know that it will be this but it could mean a 25% price hike of the Nintendo switch And this price hike would go in effect on July 10th. That means the Nintendo switch could cost $75 more than it does now. So moving from 300 to $375 Yeah, it's a little ouch on the pocketbooks there now the games themselves are not affected as those are manufactured and Produced in Japan and then shipped out worldwide and this tariff only applies to China So this is a very specific thing to the actual switch console It also affect phones and other systems that are also built in China now The bigger deal out of this of course is that it's not being implemented right now The 25% tariff is actually being voted on on June 24th So you'll be able to still buy switches at their normal price for the next month or two But again July 10th if it passes on the 24th is when this could go into effect It might not go into effect right away that's just the soonest possible date and This is kind of like my fair warning to you guys out there that if you don't own a switch and you're planning to buy a switch It may be waiting for the mini may be waiting for the pro might not be the best decision Financially if we're talking about it's 25% price act I mean if the OG switch is going to end up being 375 What's a $400 switch pro gonna end up being over 500 it's gonna be a little insane for a while Well the current president and political parties in charge are pushing for stronger tariffs again There is a lot of political background behind why this is happening and what China's also kind of imposed on the US And the US firing back We're not here to dive into all of those particulars All I know is finally something in my life is actually going to be massively impacted by this and that is the Nintendo switch Now I happen to already own a Nintendo switch system Although I am looking at getting a second one and I have to say with the current Worry about that tariff. I might be looking to buy that second one before the end of June at this point Of course, we could wait and see obviously till June 24th and see if this tariff ends up going into effect But I needed to warn all you guys out there in the United States that this is the thing that's happening The Nintendo switch is likely going to increase in price And I don't want any of you guys being caught off guard by this if you live in the US Now you could probably go to other countries heck Maybe go to Canada might end up being cheaper in Canada believe it or not So this is just something to keep in mind. Otherwise. I want to thank all you guys for tuning in I am Nathaniel Oplejans from the Nintendo Prime and despite all of this We are still giving away a Nintendo switch super smash bros ultimate bundle through the gleam down I'll link down in the description regardless of if that's 75% Though that 25% increase hits that bundle for me to I I guess I'll end up paying even more for it But it is what it is I want to thank you guys for tuning in you guys are amazing drop a like on this video subscribe for more content And I'll catch each and every one of you in the next video