Nintendo’s Switch 2 got off to a roaring start but demand has started to sag, particularly in the US. Where are the big games to reverse this?

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    State+local sales tax at around 7.5% (weighted average) takes it to 480 USD (sales tax in the US can be 0 in a couple states, but is usually much more), canada appears to be winning this competition!

    Edit 1: Apparently Canada doesn’t include sales tax in their prices, so North America is just special in general, I wonder if we can get Mexico in this coalition.

    Edit 2: Mexico has declined to join our coalition.

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      We also have sales taxes in Canada, but that precentage depends on the province or territory. So you could expect the final Canadian price to go as high as $710 CAD.

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        it’s 725$ where i live 😭

        it’s ok, we have… well not much anymore but we used to have a kinda alright welfare state

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          The sales taxes were not to be included in the final price so that companies don’t jack up the price of things to the next $x.99 amount. It’s to be shown separately. Whether that actually does anything, I’m not sure. But I got pretty good at estimating 14%.

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        I was under the impression Canada included sales tax in their pricing since usually people from the US are mocked for not having tax on their prices, the more you know!

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          It’s pretty confusing. Not everything is taxed, clothing and food aren’t for example, but processed food is. So they can’t include the price? Not every province is the same either, some have pst exemptions, some include both together as an hst.

          I’m in AB where it’s simple and you just add 5%.