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It's from doing a trillion games, but the words that Ian Eagle uses nearly all have a little variation that just subtly emphasizes what is happening. Subtle, but it separates him.

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And, uh, this just in from Nintendo: "Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged."

The ESA, the US lobbying group that reps all the big video game industry companies, including Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, predicts great pain for the gaming sector due to the Trump tariffs.

And they’re not just talking about a single tariff on a single game console.

As their rep told me: "Any one product that a consumer would buy is li…

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