Soundwave said:
Also Apple "moved" US iPhone production to .... India ... not the US, lol.
That's the whole other problem too ... the world doesn't revolve around the US. If you're Sony you sell Playstations in Japan, Germany, UK, France, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, and like 50 other non-US markets.
You're not going to manufacture those Playstations anywhere but where its cheapest -- so they remain entrenched in China and Vietnam no matter what. They not selling a freaking PS5 made for 20-30% more in Milwaukee or some shit to consumers in Japan.
So what's going to happen is President 79-Years-Old will grow increasingly senile in the next 2-3 years, even if they built a token PR factory in the US, what you'll be left with is a factory where it's way more expensive to make Playstations than that factories they'll maintain in China and Vietnam for the rest of the world. So as soon as Trump is rendered politically useless (which could be as soon as the mid-term elections which are like 18 months out), first order of business for a lot of companies that even make these PR factories is going to be shift production back to the cheaper-to-produce factories in China and Vietnam and India and Mexico the first chance they get. |
Sure, doesn't revolve around the US... but according to VG, 37% of ps5 sales are NA. Pretty damn big market.
