Okay the real anti-gamer move is they just exempted smartphones and laptops from the tariffs but didn’t exempt video game consoles. - ThreadSky

josephpolitano.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Okay the real anti-gamer move is they just exempted smartphones and laptops from the tariffs but didn’t exempt video game consoles.

Reposted from Laminariales

The Switch 2 Preorder Lobby is the strongest force in American politics.

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iamgriefer7.bsky.social•1 day ago

What’s annoying is Nintendo delayed the Switch 2 release in Canada despite the fact we’re not playing tariff roulette.

jonnyv.bsky.social•1 day ago

It really shows how deeply integrated the US and Canada are economically that so many companies treat them as a single market. Fun while it lasted I guess.

iamgriefer7.bsky.social•1 day ago

More like they’re lazy if they can’t be fucked to ship directly to Canada

jonnyv.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well yeah they probably saved money that way before and can't be bothered to change it. We hear all the time about government ineffiency but private companies are also very bad at running things.

kysakunatsume.bsky.social•1 day ago

Same for Mexico, despite when we had idiots as presidents always there were adults -evil adults- in charge.

10000thmule.bsky.social•1 day ago

maoist roger stone to run ads using incel gamer hatred of casual mobile gamers (i.e. women) to turn them against trump

skitmarx.bsky.social•1 day ago

did they exempt PC components or is it just an exemption for specific chips? Idk how to read the codes

sciencesloth.bsky.social•1 day ago

First they came for the gamers but I did not speak for I was not a gamer

samusishere.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s so funny how everything is getting exempted except the Xbox Series S and X.

bleentastic.bsky.social•1 day ago

can't tariff something people don't buy

samusishere.bsky.social•1 day ago

acecatlady.bsky.social•1 day ago

🫡

segagamer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Eh? But the other consoles aren't getting exempted either

samusishere.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Switch 2 is made in Vietnam while the PS5 is partially made in Japan. The Xbox is made only in China.

segagamer.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The Xbox is made in China, Hungary and Mexico before having a final assembly in the US.

Additionally Nintendo are still not exempt from tarrifs despite shifting a portion of their production into Vietnam.

https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/pcs-and-smartphones-exempt-from-trump

tomwwhittington.bsky.social•1 day ago

What does this look like on the ground tho? Are our port workers even capable of interpreting and correctly correcting taxes at this point?

ammartin.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are only 2 US companies that make gaming devices and have the scale to get Trump's attention. Microsoft and Valve.

Gabe, Satya, get your shit together.

funpo.bsky.social•1 day ago

They haven’t bought their Trump bitcoin yet.

argumentative.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Nintendo Switch 2 now ships with Excel

robbinsa.me•1 day ago

Nintendo starts shipping switches with the old bootrom vuln on purpose so that you can run linux4tegra on them

therefore: computer

mosheroperandi.bsky.social•1 day ago

I knew they were white supremacists, I did not know they were PC gaming supremacists

goroloe.bsky.social•1 day ago

I truly hate that 'pc master race' may have legitimately played a role in the rise of the alt right and American fascism. Everything is so fucking stupid

twink-stearns.bsky.social•1 day ago

'pc master race' is an expression of gamer fascism, not the cause

chartoc.bsky.social•1 day ago

What's the difference? But yeah this will backfire a lot sooner than they expected.

astrezh.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep - game consoles are 9504.50

kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social•1 day ago

Aren't they counted as "computers"?!

Oh no...did I once again make the assumption that they aren't complete idiots? Or are they waiting for the Nintendo bribe?

tripsnek.com•1 day ago

They can run Linux. They have HDMI out. They have a USB port that could operate a mouse and keyboard. They have an internet connection.

If they aren't computers, I don't know what a computer is.

robbinsa.me•1 day ago

only the hackable ones!

maybedonn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sony tried this exact argument way back when the EU had higher tariffs on game consoles I think https://www.theregister.com/2003/10/02/eu_rejects_sony_ps2ispc_claim/

johnnyphenomic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Microsoft has a whole page about writing universal applications to run on both Windows and Xbox!

mosheroperandi.bsky.social•1 day ago

the tax code is some of our finest ontological work as a species.

People like to debate "hot dog" vs " sandwich" not understanding that the government has already spent millions of dollars getting to the bottom of such questions.

nudraxon.bsky.social•10 hours ago

And? What did the government conclude? Is a hot dog a sandwich or not?

koubitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Converse makes part of their soles felted so they can import them more cheaply (counted as slippers and not sneakers)

Nintendo could figure it out... assuming the policy doesn't change in 48 hours lol

koubitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

They clearly didn't think anything they've done so far through, so there is no way there is any clarification provided here lol

sashaaickin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also, if I’m Nintendo, even if video game consoles were included, I wouldn’t open up preorders. Too much uncertainty that policy will change before shipping date.

kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social•1 day ago

They absolutely should charge more and indicate that while they are committed to honor the preorder price, Trump uncertainty means people in the USA will have to pay more, and possibly expect delivery delays.

johnnyphenomic.bsky.social•1 day ago

They should list the price as the subtotal, and then show a separate line item for anticipated possible Donald Trump tariff, that’s randomly set for anything from 10% to 150% of the base price, and then the resulting total.

sashaaickin.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel like that’s a very complicated message to convey to customers, however much I like it politically. Also financially risky. Again, if I’m them, I just don’t do preorders and charge whatever the landed price is when I eventually get the units to the US.

sashaaickin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also can you imagine the vitriol from fans if (hypothetically) you open up preorders at like $700 based on current tariffs, deliver them at that price in July, then lower the price to $450 in August when the tariffs are repealed? Utter nightmare for your brand.

kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, thinking it through you're right.

koubitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was thinking. Do you think a cheap laptop will end up costing less than a simple computer monitor?

curtlarock.bsky.social•1 day ago

We may see something like the antics car companies do to get around the “chicken tax” on imported trucks, like slap a Raspberry Pi and a keyboard onto a monitor, import it as a laptop, then sell the parts.

mootquestion.bsky.social•1 day ago

They did what now

inkro.bsky.social•1 day ago

Literally targeting gamers

thisonesamy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Console makers should make options for Linux distro installation like in 6th/7th gen consoles

jimbohill.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gamers will make the Boston Tea Party look like a child's birthday party if Nintendo is forced to raise Switch 2's price because of these tariffs

docdemocracy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Quickly googling, how to donate... er purchase Trump Crypto

neoxon.bsky.social•1 day ago

If anything, this will impact Sony more. The worst of the tariffs will be in China, & most Nintendo hardware that comes to the US isn’t from there anyway. The 10% tariff is still a problem, but Nintendo could more reasonably eat that cost. Or if there is a price increase, it wouldn’t be massive.

neoxon.bsky.social•1 day ago

I actually wouldn’t be surprised if Nintendo tries to move as much hardware here as possible in the 90 day pause in case they can’t secure an exception so they can ride things out for as long as possible.