Nintendo has filed a motion to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit looking to recoup funds based on tariff-related price hikes for the Switch 2 and its peripherals. Last year, the Switch 2 and its controllers jumped in price in response to tariffs imposed by the US government. The US Supreme Court ruled those tariffs illegal, and Nintendo promptly sued the US government to recoup funds earlier this year. Image via Nintendo/Illumination Not long after, the suit filed by two US-based gamers aimed to get a piece of the pie after paying higher prices for the console at and after its June 2025 launch. Nintendo disagrees. “Plaintiffs are not entitled to a rebate simply because of intervening legal developments related to tariffs,” Nintendo said in the motion today, according to a report by GameFile. Nintendo was not alone in its practice of increasing prices over the past few years. Both Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox have done the same, for one reason or another, and gamers are the ones who have ended up suffering as their hobby continues to get more unmanageably pricey. “The common thread among Plaintiffs’ claims is that it is somehow ‘unfair’; that Nintendo has not retroactively adjusted its prices for completed sales in response to the outcome of the tariff litigation,” Nintendo’s lawyers said. “But that is not how commercial transactions work. “Nintendo or one of its retailers set a price for each product, and consumers decided whether that price was worth paying,” the motion continued. “Those who bought Nintendo’s products received exactly what they bargained and paid for: a console, game and/or accessory at a price to which both parties agreed.” The Switch 2 launched at a price higher in the West than it is in Japan, which isn’t all that uncommon, but it received another $50 hike in May to compensate for changes in the global economy and skyrocketing component prices, for which the company’s president apologized. “We sincerely apologize to our customers for the considerable inconvenience and trouble this will cause,” Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said. “While we wanted to prioritize a wide adoption, it was challenging to bear the rising costs over a long period. The [new] pricing does not fully account for all cost increases.” Screenshot by Destructoid In the end, again, it’s the consumers who are losing as the corporations continue to chase profits. Thus, gaming continues to grow more and more into a luxury hobby than an affordable one in 2026, regardless of market problems. “Nintendo did not simply increase each product’s price by the amount of tariffs it paid on that product or impose an across-the-board tariff surcharge,” Nintendo’s lawyers said. “Instead, Nintendo imposed modest and selective price adjustments, and it chose to bear the costs of tariffs on some of its most popular products of 2025, including its flagship console, the Nintendo Switch 2.”0The post Nintendo says it doesn’t have to share its tariff refunds with Switch 2 buyers appeared first on Destructoid.