Nintendo of America has announced a "Customer Appreciation Sale", which it is hosting in lieu of giving back money it received in tariff refunds.
President Donald Trump issued tariffs across multiple industries, resulting in companies like Nintendo increasing the cost of certain items. In 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs were illegal, and the affected companies were refunded. However, those same companies weren't legally obliged to return the money to the consumer, even if they had raised costs to meet the tariff demands.
Nintendo had previously said that it wouldn't refund consumers from the tariff money, but it's offering something pretty horrendous as recompense. The official Nintendo of America website has announced the "Customer Appreciation Sale", which is being funded by the tariff money.
According to Nintendo, "The Customer Appreciation Sale is our way of saying thank you to Nintendo players for their continued support and is made possible in part by tariff-related refunds." The company also claimed that it had eaten most of the tariff costs in the past, but the refund is what made the sale possible.
The Customer Appreciation Sale will run from September 13 to 26, and while no specific titles were mentioned, it's said that the sales go up to 30%, and will encompass games, DLC, and physical items for both the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
According to Nintendo, "The Customer Appreciation Sale is our way of saying thank you to Nintendo players for their continued support and is made possible in part by tariff-related refunds."
Naturally, fans are less than impressed with the idea of Nintendo taking the tariff money and using it as the basis for a sale, where players are expected to spend more money, especially when the limit of the sale is only 30%. Nintendo is notorious for paltry discounts for its first-party games, and it's unlikely that the Customer Appreciation Sale will break this trend.
While some might argue that it shows Nintendo is aware of the backlash following its previous comments about not issuing refunds, it's still a tone-deaf move to tie it to a sale, especially as the company regularly holds similar events without feeling the need to tie it to real-world happenings.
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