Nintendo of America announces 'Customer Appreciation Sale' (www.nintendo.com)

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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. While Nintendo absorbed most tariff-related costs, the refunds helped make promotions like this one possible.

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[-] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 day ago

A cheap PR campaign that requires further customer spending and entrenches their prior price increases.

[-] emb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Right? It's tempting at first to think "at least they did something", but they kinda didn't...

"Sorry we overcharged you, if it makes you feel better you can buy more of our stuff!"

[-] LuannePlatter@infosec.pub 30 points 1 day ago

Didn't Nintendo pass tariffs onto customers and then put out a statement saying they weren't entitled to refunds. "Made possible by refunds," as if they aren't the ones setting their own ridiculous prices.

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

Probably, like many other companies. And US customers payed for it anyway...

[-] sdcSpade@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago

And even for a PR stunt like this they won't go lower than the usual 30%.

[-] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

We won't sue our fans for 24 hours!

[-] Squatcher@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

So gracious of them 🤤

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

"You can spend more money on us at a slightly less insanely inflated cost that is still extremely profitable for us."

[-] thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

When your Public Image is so bad you actually have to announce that you are Appreciating your own customers

[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

If they really want to share customer appreciation because of tarried refunds then cancel the switch 2 price hike. Anything less is just using current events for marketing gimmicks

[-] jontree255@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Tariff refunds please.

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[-] pentastarm@piefed.ca 5 points 1 day ago

"Customer Appreciate Sale" (places no controls on limited edition switch 2, sells out immediately to only scalpers.........)

[-] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Is this only on the US site?

this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026

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