• Agent Karyo@lemmy.worldOP
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      26 days ago

      I was borderline thinking of re-editing the headline to something along the lines of:

      Proposed US tariffs may significantly raise gaming hardware costs for US gamers

      But then decided against it as I generally think it’s best to avoid title edits (other than minor corrections/edits that are explicit).

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        25 days ago

        It’s like how back when the Euro or the Pound were worth nearly 2x what the dollar was, a new device or piece of hardware would sell for $399/€399/£399.

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          The EUR and GBP prices included VAT, import fees and whatever other fees levied by the local govt on electronics.

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      26 days ago

      Yeah, if the fascist overthrow of democracy only had tariffs to worry about, we’d be doing well.

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    26 days ago

    It ain’t gonna cost me shit because I’m spending next to nothing for the foreseeable future apart from necessities, and what little I do spend is gonna be bought as locally as possible. Fuck this country.

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    For how much people are worrying about tariffs I’ve lived my entire life with a 66% alcohol tax, 75% electronics tax, 240-380% vehicles tax and recently even saw 150% inflation.

    Let’s play a game!

    Where do I live?

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    26 days ago

    ‘American gamers must return to buying American for their gaming needs. That’s why I have talked to Microsoft and they will lower their prices considerably. You are welcome, nerds.’ -DT, probably soon

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        You’re forgetting that they have to import all the components that are inside. Also mine says “Assembled in China”, check yours, lol.

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      26 days ago

      Unfortunately, the only hardware component you can actually download is RAM. And increased hardware prices are going to be the primary cost factor.

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        The funny thing is, I believe RAM is actually one component that isn’t manufactured as much in China (compared to other components).

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        Then it isn’t so much playing games, it’s the death of the entire industry. If no one can play anything, there’s nothing to sell.

        Neato!

        Guess I’ll have to keep my steam deck in good working order and enjoy gaming in a tribute sense.

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        …make your own. Destroy it and remake it with a new IP once every few months, use headscale or something to make managing it easier.

        I am this petty, absolutely.

        (Or just get everything now, I mean. You got a month. Sorry if you didn’t buy a few hard drives when Trump got elected. Some of us saw the writing on the wall.)

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          Oh believe me I have. 2 HDDs and 1 SSD. I’ve also been snatching up DVDs of shows from second hand places since streaming services will become untenable soon

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    What’s a better way to build up local manufacturing? The oligarchy says this is a good idea for solar panel & EV imports. What’s the difference?