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

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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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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.
  
  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.
- 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.
- 24% of $399 is more like $95
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
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.
"Likely" (it's already ongoing)
Can't wait for maga gamers to whine about this lol
- 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."
Fuck me. I knew this was going to happen but still. Guess I'm not upgrading my 2060 Super for a while
Yay guess I get to do an Intel Arc build
Well was going to build a pc but mane not so much anymore

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