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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 107 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's fine. Nintendo was already planning to impose the Nintendo tax. So I imposed the "I ain't buyin' this shit tax".

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Wondering how this is going to play out. A Switch for $600+ is borderline insane.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hopefully gamers get together and protest Trump out of office for artificially bumping up the costs of goods.

Tarrifs = Tax

A tax that working people pay, in the country that set the tarriff.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Out of all the people it’s gamers that will put trump out of office.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Probably gamers put him in office in the first place. Steve Bannon capitalized on Gamergate and started latching on to it to recruit young white male gamers to the far right. Then these GamerGate proponents became manosphere followers.

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[–] madjo@feddit.nl 12 points 1 month ago

I love your optimism, I wish I could share it.

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[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

145% of 450 is 652, you add those together and it’s essentially 1100$. And that’s before tax at the register in the US.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Its insane that a tax is also charged on top of the already applied tariff.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago

Don't forget to tip the self checkout.

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[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Lol. That 600+ is JUST the extra tax. That's on top of the base price

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks Trump for adding a 145% "tax" on my electronics. How am I supposed to afford anything now!?

Guess I may as well just go protest instead.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Thanks half the voting country too. You got neighbors who asked for this.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

I wasn't going to get one even if it was £20, but how? Trump set the tariffs. Obviously it's going to cost a shitload more if there is a 145% tariff in the US.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sony: we‘ll make it a little more expensive for everyone else, so no one feels left out <3

Nintendo: t(°-°t)

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What you meant to say was
Sony: we'll let the whole world pay for the fascist bullshit the US is pulling <3

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let me fix that for you:

Sony: we'll let the whole world pay astronomical amounts of money because it makes us rich! And if someone calls us on it, we'll say it's all because of the US!

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nintendo: "We also had to raise the price of digital games to $200."

"But tariffs don't apply to digital games."

Nintendo: "Ah, yeah. Well, whenever you notice something like that, tariffs did it."

"But why does the rest of the world have to pay the price, too?"

Nintendo: "TARIFFS!"

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You‘re joking about it. I can hear the faint beeping of some LLM waiting to serve this to someone in power.

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[–] rdri@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

its nintendo, im sure they’re going to find some way to raise the price for everyone else too

[–] yopyop@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean, yeah, Sony just did it with its ps5

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In future history books: “…But the biggest exodus from the United States was after it was announced the Switch 2 would cost $1000 exclusively there.”

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

The price was going to be $499. A 145% tariff makes the price $1222.55. A 100% tariff would double the price and this is more than 100%.

Looks like pretty steep inflation fueled by tariffs. I wonder how the Denies Reality Party (DeRPs) will spin it.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 29 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Only 4.125% of the world population is affected. No biggy.

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[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Nintendo sues the Trump admin I'd have to finally side with Nintendo on a lawsuit.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

i didn't think I'll ever see those sequence of words

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  1. Trump threatens Nintendo with tariffs
  2. Nintendo doesn't seem to GAF
  3. Trump says he'll talk with Nintendo if they call
  4. Nintendo doesn't call
  5. Trump cancels tariff, invites Nintendo CEO to lunch
  6. MAGA applauds Trump for saving America from something or other
[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I wasn't going to buy it anyway with those prices

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

Atleast this will radicalize the youth.

[–] rpl6475@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On Americans only? Right? 😟

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I would assume so, yea. They had stopped pre-orders in the US only when the tariffs were announced.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These tariffs shouldn't be 145% of the retail price, they should be 145% of the wholesale price.

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Truly proof that gamers are the most oppressed people, its so joever /s

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