• morphballganon@mtgzone.com
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    1 day ago

    Nintendo consoles are manufactured in China.

    US tariffs on China mean those companies have to jack up prices across the board to recoup their losses.

    I’m sorry. I didn’t vote for him.

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      5 hours ago

      They actually specifically moved production to Foxconn Vietnam to avoid this… Only for Vietnam to get hit by 46% tariffs right after the Direct

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      1 day ago

      That’s incredibly American thinking. Why would anyone else have to cover for your own import tariffs? Do I pay for higher prices in Brazil? They have very high tariffs on electronics too.

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        10 hours ago

        Maybe Nintendo of America doesn’t want international prices to be higher than international ones (adjusting for currency exchanges) because they’re worried about Americans ordering them from elsewhere (losing NoA sales). And Nintendo in Japan doesn’t care because Japanese gamers will pay anything for the next Nintendo console, lol

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          4 hours ago

          The world doesn’t really revolve around America though so I don’t know why they would treat it special. They’re a business, they exist to make money, not redistribute wealth.