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Slowed tech progress, inflation, and global trade wars are doing a number on game console pricing this year, and the bad news keeps coming. Nintendo delayed preorders of the Switch 2 in the US and increased accessory prices, and Microsoft gave its Series S and X consoles across-the-board price hikesin May.

Today, Nintendo is back for more, increasing prices on the original Switch hardware, as well as some Amiibo, the Alarmo clock, and some Switch and Switch 2 accessories. The price increases will formally take effect on August 3.

The company says that there are currently no price increases coming for the Switch 2 console, Nintendo Online memberships, and physical and digital Switch 2 games. But it didn't take future price increases off the table, noting that "price adjustments may be necessary in the future."

Nintendo didn't announce how large the price increases would be, but some retailers were already listing higher prices as of Friday. Target now lists the Switch Lite for $229.99, up from $199.99; the original Switch for $339.99, up from $299.99; and the OLED model of the Switch for a whopping $399.99, up from $349.99 and just $50 less than the price of the much more powerful Switch 2 console.

Target listings also suggest Joy-Con 2 controllers will be increasing from $95 to $100 (note that these were originally priced at $90 when they were first announced in April), and some Joy-Cons for the original Switch are now listed for $90 instead of the usual $80.

Nintendo cited only "market conditions" to explain the increases, but they're most likely related to a fresh round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, including on countries like Thailand, India, Cambodia, and others that some companies had shifted production to after the first Trump administration began imposing higher tariffs on China. The administration also moved to end blanket "de minimis" tariff exemptions for all countries, a practice that had waived tariffs for packages valued at or under $800; the administration had already ended the de minimis exemption for imports from China and Hong Kong back in May. Ending the de minimis exemption will disproportionately affect items like clothing, small electronics, and other hobbyist products and accessories, including those shipped directly to consumers.

Despite the introduction of the Switch 2 and the Switch 2's broad backward compatibility with the original Switch's game library, Nintendo is still keeping the original Switch around as an entry-level console. Though its 2017-era hardware struggles with some games, Nintendo still plans to launch both Switch and Switch 2 editions of some its high-profile game releases this fall, including Metroid Prime 4 and Pokémon Legends: Z-A.