Price Increases For Game Consoles And PC Parts Likely In The United States - Insider Gaming
Well that will dash any hopes of an affordable GPU.
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Is America Great
Depression, yet?It's not just good, it's great!
The Switch2 was supposed to be $399 but now we’ll pay a $50 Trump Tax on every one.
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.
I remember the COVID-era supply line disruptions and the greed they brought. It never went away.
Greedflation! And economists finally agreed a couple years ago that the data proves it's a real thing that happened/is happening.
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
Considering they're charging 80 bucks for mario kart world for a physical copy, well that's not going to be great either.
24% of $399 is more like $95
The tariffs would be on the wholesale price for retailers/distributors, not MSRP, unless a consumer is buying directly from a foreign retailer.
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.
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.
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.
The United States will be the new Brazil.
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
It'll give you more time to protest
"Likely" (it's already ongoing)
They'll be too busy complaining about the next "woke" game and how Pal World! More than just pals makes them feel things.
"I'll gladly pay more if it means no more woke in muh vidya."
Yay guess I get to do an Intel Arc build
Fuck me. I knew this was going to happen but still. Guess I'm not upgrading my 2060 Super for a while
Well was going to build a pc but mane not so much anymore