Price Increases For Game Consoles And PC Parts Likely In The United States - Insider Gaming

https://insider-gaming.com/price-increases-for-game-consoles-and-pc-parts-likely-in-the-united-states/

Well that will dash any hopes of an affordable GPU.

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Telorand@reddthat.com · 41 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Is America Great Depression, yet?

einlander@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

It's not just good, it's great!

deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 31 pts · 1y (9 replies)

The Switch2 was supposed to be $399 but now we’ll pay a $50 Trump Tax on every one.

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That's assuming importers and middle men don't add on additional fees and I doubt they're going to be nice enough and only pass on the tariff percentage.

kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I remember the COVID-era supply line disruptions and the greed they brought. It never went away.

Telorand@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 1y

Greedflation! And economists finally agreed a couple years ago that the data proves it's a real thing that happened/is happening.

CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

That's not really up to them being nice though. If you sell something of value X for a margin of 10%, and the price increases to 1.5X, then the margins must apply to 1.5X.

It's compounding for each element of the chain, so a 10% tariff would very much increase the price way beyond 10%, without anyone needing to be greedy about it.

Then, if you take greed into account... good luck

TwinTitans@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

Considering they're charging 80 bucks for mario kart world for a physical copy, well that's not going to be great either.

newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

24% of $399 is more like $95

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y

The tariffs would be on the wholesale price for retailers/distributors, not MSRP, unless a consumer is buying directly from a foreign retailer.

jacksilver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I thought that was only the rumored price. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a price revision before release up to $500, unless they had already priced tarrifs in.

yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de · 19 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Pretty decent news for us non-Americans tbh.

It'd be a real shame if fewer GPUs are sold in the US and more supply hits shelves across the rest of the world.

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y

Maybe.

I think however given the GPU makers as of late would probably use this as a cover to screw over everyone just that little bit extra.

whygohomie@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y

The United States will be the new Brazil.

network_switch@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I've gone from almost certain a 9070xt and Switch 2 to probably nothing this year. Maybe not next year. Helps me stay disciplined I guess. I rarely play games that don't run a Steam Deck level hardware anyways

Grimtuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

It'll give you more time to protest

CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1y

"Likely" (it's already ongoing)

TheBat@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

They'll be too busy complaining about the next "woke" game and how Pal World! More than just pals makes them feel things.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 1y

"I'll gladly pay more if it means no more woke in muh vidya."

mctoasterson@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 1y

Yay guess I get to do an Intel Arc build

ssroxnak@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Fuck me. I knew this was going to happen but still. Guess I'm not upgrading my 2060 Super for a while

Azwing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Well was going to build a pc but mane not so much anymore