Will the Tariffs raise the price of games?

[xBCxRangers]

Sincere question.

Which is to say, if the Game Developer is located in Europe, or Canada, China etc, does that raise the price of what we would pay here at Steam, or Xbox, or anywhere?

Sincerely,

Your Friend and Pal,

Ranger

[crunchyfrog]

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Especially the clown Trump who has been advised many times that tariffs make their own populace pay and not the country you're putting the tariffs on. Like so many things he just doesn't seeem to grasp simple concepts.

It does have a SMALL effect on the country getting the tariffs in pure lost trade but of course as tariffs don't tend to raise each unit price too much it's not much of lost sales.

But yup, here in Britain we had a thing during the 1970s and 1980s called "the anti-dumping tax" which was a tariff on Japanese electronics because at that time the rise of great, and cheaper Japanese goods were killing our outdated electronics industries.

Eventually it was gotten rid of, but during that time it meant that these Japanese goods cost anything around 30% more for us consumers.

What's most scary, is it seems so few realize how many things they consume and use in america is an import.

Plastics? Imported. Furniture? Imported. Cars? Imported. 95% of electronics? Imported. Raw materials like iron? Imported...

Nearly every single good, purchased in america, was imported to america in some form. If said tariffs really do come into affect, the economy will crash harder than when it did during the great depression when the government was stupid enough to try it last time.

Yeah I deliberately didn't tackle that point because I wanted to see if they'd try that one next. It commonly is a variation of "we don't care - America great". So I was preempting it.

And indeed, even if America didn't get as much imported what they fail to realise is how much is networked together and hangs on each other. Tghis again shows the simplistic thinking and ignorance of Trump supporters. It's weird how they so fervently support something they know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about.

But yeah, most countries have more than their fair share of imports these days. It's a great thing, but if you get people like trumpy who are ignorant themselves and think they can just go it on their own, boy is he going to get a rude awakening.

It's like every time he attacks California. Great job - next time he threatens to not help them out if some disaster occurs, good luck getting your food cheaply. Because California grows an AWFUL lot of it.

He can't see further than the end of his nose.

[Komarimaru]

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What's most scary, is it seems so few realize how many things they consume and use in america is an import.

Plastics? Imported. Furniture? Imported. Cars? Imported. 95% of electronics? Imported. Raw materials like iron? Imported...

Nearly every single good, purchased in america, was imported to america in some form. If said tariffs really do come into affect, the economy will crash harder than when it did during the great depression when the government was stupid enough to try it last time.

Yeah I deliberately didn't tackle that point because I wanted to see if they'd try that one next. It commonly is a variation of "we don't care - America great". So I was preempting it.

And indeed, even if America didn't get as much imported what they fail to realise is how much is networked together and hangs on each other. Tghis again shows the simplistic thinking and ignorance of Trump supporters. It's weird how they so fervently support something they know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about.

But yeah, most countries have more than their fair share of imports these days. It's a great thing, but if you get people like trumpy who are ignorant themselves and think they can just go it on their own, boy is he going to get a rude awakening.

It's like every time he attacks California. Great job - next time he threatens to not help them out if some disaster occurs, good luck getting your food cheaply. Because California grows an AWFUL lot of it.

He can't see further than the end of his nose.

Yep...

Anyone remember when Suez Canal was blocked by the Evergreen? And it caused price increases and lack of items on the shelves? And only 10-12% of all global trade goes through that canal. And that was for 6 days... not even a full week...

Now times that by 50 or more for how much things will go up, if tariffs are really applied.

[crunchyfrog]

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Yeah I deliberately didn't tackle that point because I wanted to see if they'd try that one next. It commonly is a variation of "we don't care - America great". So I was preempting it.

And indeed, even if America didn't get as much imported what they fail to realise is how much is networked together and hangs on each other. Tghis again shows the simplistic thinking and ignorance of Trump supporters. It's weird how they so fervently support something they know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about.

But yeah, most countries have more than their fair share of imports these days. It's a great thing, but if you get people like trumpy who are ignorant themselves and think they can just go it on their own, boy is he going to get a rude awakening.

It's like every time he attacks California. Great job - next time he threatens to not help them out if some disaster occurs, good luck getting your food cheaply. Because California grows an AWFUL lot of it.

He can't see further than the end of his nose.

Yep...

Anyone remember when Suez Canal was blocked by the Evergreen? And it caused price increases and lack of items on the shelves? And only 10-12% of all global trade goes through that canal. And that was for 6 days... not even a full week...

Now times that by 50 or more for how much things will go up, if tariffs are really applied.

Excellent point !