• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    8 hours ago

    If physical game prices go up as a result but digital stay the same I’ll believe it, but if both game prices go up, I’m not going to assume it’s due to the Tariffs, I’m going to directly correlate that to the company’s greed

    That’s silly. You’re ignoring the possibility that disc prices will go up due to tariffs and that game companies will use that as justification to raise prices on digital goods. Tariffs would be the root cause for both, greed would be the additional factor for the latter only.

    Companies will use every opportunity to rob you, but tariffs are going to hurt. Don’t let Trump get a pass just because companies are opportunists.

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      7 hours ago

      I’m not giving Trump a pass, I think these tariffs are one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard in years.

      However I’m not going to blame tariffs on something that aren’t affected by tariffs. I’m going to blame the company who is deciding to raise the price of a good that isn’t impacted by the tariffs,

      It’s two separate ongoing issues and I’m not about to give the company a get out of jail free card by blaming tariffs for it.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        6 hours ago

        Right, but the companies are using the tariffs as cover for the price increases. Without the tariffs, they wouldn’t be so brazen about it.