While PCs and smartphones will be exempt from Trump’s retaliatory tariffs in the US, consoles will not.
That’s according to former GamesIndustry.biz boss Chris Dring, who confirmed in his newsletter, The Game Business, that not only could Nintendo’s upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 console be impacted by the tariffs, but so too will PlayStation and Xbox’s hardware.
At the time of writing, it’s unclear if the exemptions for other tech components like SSDs and PCs were intentionally not applied to consoles or if it’s merely an oversight. On the plus side, it looks as though Nintendo Switch cartridges will be spared the extra 145 percent levy.