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Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China begin Saturday, White House says

"In an apparent ending to weeks of intense speculation, the White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump will be leveling aggressive tariffs this weekend on major U.S. trading partners.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump will be implementing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada as well as a 10% duty on China, in retaliation for “the illegal fentanyl that they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country.”

Unless Nintendo and some others find a tariff haven or loophole, we're going to get a 10% price increase on Nintendo products and same goes for the others in the industry. 

I know that some of our members are from Brazil have expressed the high tariffs they have to pay for video games. And in that regard, it looks like we in the USA will begin to feel at least some of their pain unless loopholes come into play. 



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 40 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima

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Video games are the least of my concerns with this fuckery.



SanAndreasX said:

Video games are the least of my concerns with this fuckery.

I don't know....
This will likely mean consoles and pc parts will go up in price by more than 10% (ei. consumers (in the US) pay for it).

Something like a Nvidia 5090 is already like 1999$ at msrp.
(because of scalpers its sold much higher though....)

Toss in another 10%... 



JRPGfan said:
SanAndreasX said:

Video games are the least of my concerns with this fuckery.

I don't know....
This will likely mean consoles and pc parts will go up in price by more than 10% (ei. consumers (in the US) pay for it).

Something like a Nvidia 5090 is already like 1999$ at msrp.
(because of scalpers its sold much higher though....)

Toss in another 10%... 

In sheer dollar amount spent a year, it will probably hurt us in the USA most in essential items.

But as a sheer dollar amount on an individual item, the 10% will very much hurt us most with video games and other items.

Switch 2 at $399.99? Add in the 10% China tariff there and it becomes $439.99. And then add in sales tax like in most of the country and you have Switch 2 becoming closer to $500 in some places at checkout than $400. 



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 40 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima

Ha. Computer parts have had zero import tariffs in Brazil since last year. They still have to pay state taxes (up to 17% VAT equivalent) though.



 

 

 

 

 

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10% is fine, 25% is a bit big

About your concern regarding Nintendo, are the physical games not manufactured in US? If so then yes, this means you can expect Nintendo physical to be sold for 80 USD next gen, unless Nintendo accepts to lose part of their profit from physical games or move their physical production to USA

If the physical games are already produced in USA, then I don't think the tarrifs are going to be applied



IcaroRibeiro said:

10% is fine, 25% is a bit big

About your concern regarding Nintendo, are the physical games not manufactured in US? If so then yes, this means you can expect Nintendo physical to be sold for 80 USD next gen, unless Nintendo accepts to lose part of their profit from physical games or move their physical production to USA

If the physical games are already produced in USA, then I don't think the tarrifs are going to be applied

AFAIK Switch cartridges are made in Japan. US blu-ray movies and Xbox physical games are made in Mexico.



 

 

 

 

 

haxxiy said:
IcaroRibeiro said:

10% is fine, 25% is a bit big

About your concern regarding Nintendo, are the physical games not manufactured in US? If so then yes, this means you can expect Nintendo physical to be sold for 80 USD next gen, unless Nintendo accepts to lose part of their profit from physical games or move their physical production to USA

If the physical games are already produced in USA, then I don't think the tarrifs are going to be applied

AFAIK Switch cartridges are made in Japan. US blu-ray movies and Xbox physical games are made in Mexico.

I don't see any tarrif regarding Japan, if this is the case Nintendo games will be effectively the only one unaffected in the market which can lead to a significant market advantage for Nintendo 

Xbox and Playstation games being sold for 87,5 USD in other hand would be a disaster that will effectively end physical gaming market for both systems. For Microsoft which is going full on service and digital I don't think it's a concern, but for Sony most of its fandom loyalty comes to the fact they still release physical games. Even if Sony wants to go full digital eventually I think this can enter in a dangerous territory where they will lose part of their loyal userbase 



IcaroRibeiro said:

I don't see any tarrif regarding Japan, if this is the case Nintendo games will be effectively the only one unaffected in the market which can lead to a significant market advantage for Nintendo 

US PlayStation games come from Austria, so that would have to wait for the EU tariffs (if they ever come into being).



 

 

 

 

 

Of course he did.