Nintendo Says Tariff-Driven Price Hikes Won't Be Refunded
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Nintendo argues in a legal filing that consumers aren’t entitled to refunds for tariff-driven price increases, saying buyers got what they paid for and refunds aren’t how commercial transactions work; the company had already raised prices on Switch variants and Switch 2 accessories due to tariffs and RAM costs, and plans a $500 Switch 2 price later this year, highlighting broader tariff- and memory-price pressures across gaming hardware.
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