Nintendo tells customers they won't get refunds for tariff-driven price hikes on Switch 2

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Nintendo has basically told its customers that it won’t give them a cut of its tariff refunds.

The company hiked prices in August last year due to increased tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Gamers filed a lawsuit claiming that Nintendo should give them a share of its tariff refunds since they bought its products at hiked prices.

If the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff scheme wasn’t bad enough for US consumers, Nintendo is about to make it even worse. The Switch 2 maker has basically told its customers it doesn’t owe them any refunds for the extra money they had to pay due to increased tariffs.

In its response to a class action lawsuit filed by customers (via Gizmodo ), Nintendo said that its customers “received exactly what they bargained and paid for” when they purchased Nintendo products at hiked prices. The company further added: