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Will Tariffs Increase Switch 2's Price? Why The Console And Games Are So Expensive (www.gamespot.com)

submitted 4 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Mat Piscatella of Circana said this is an unprecedented and "chaotic" situation as it relates to tariffs and their impact on video games, so anyone claiming to know how things will shake out may be speaking out of turn.

"All anyone can do at this point is speculate. We are certainly in uncharted waters here, and no one really knows what will happen next," he told GameSpot. "Obviously, the announced tariffs are having an immediate impact on the financial markets. And given the haphazard nature of how the tariffs are being calculated and applied, uncertainty is really the only certain thing at the moment."

Piscatella said there is "absolutely the chance" that the new tariffs or any additional future tariffs might amount to changes for US consumer products, and not just for Nintendo but for all players.

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 56 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (15 children)

Trump Tariffs have nothing to do with the Switch 2 prices in Europe. Everybody incl. Nintendo is just hiking prices because they can.

[+] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -17 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Because of inflation, not just “because they can”. USD$60 in 2016 is ~USD$80 in 2025 thanks to the Covid money printing years of inflation. That’s a near 33% increase in costs across the board from the last time they released a console and priced their products.

As someone that grew up paying more for Atari games than I pay now for PC/console games, “GaMeRs” seem like the most pathetic crybabies who don’t understand much, especially economics.

[–] shani66@ani.social 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, most economics is purely 'because they can' with 'they' being shitheads in the owning class. if anything games (and most industries for that matter) should be going through a healthy period of deflation now (tariffs excluded) if not for said shitheads.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Most of it is increased costs being passed on to the consumer with a little/lot extra because they can just blame it on inflation. Inflation was the reason why the price was increased to begin with, but “they” then take advantage of it to maximise profits.

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