• Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      I don’t even want to imagine what is going to be the price for it here in Brazil. After the ps4 launched for nearly $2000 I haven’t even looked at any console retail prices here again.

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      4 days ago

      Hopefully gamers get together and protest Trump out of office for artificially bumping up the costs of goods.

      Tarrifs = Tax

      A tax that working people pay, in the country that set the tarriff.

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          Probably gamers put him in office in the first place. Steve Bannon capitalized on Gamergate and started latching on to it to recruit young white male gamers to the far right. Then these GamerGate proponents became manosphere followers.

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            4 days ago

            You say that but I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if gamers as a demographic are more liberal than average.

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              3 days ago

              Maybe the general gaming public but probably not among capital G Gamers™ who are the loud minority on the internet.

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                2 days ago

                This article about a gaming console was posted in a gaming community and you’re complaining that the term “gamers” is being used too much? Which term would you prefer, game enthusiasts?

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      2 days ago

      Yeah I didn’t wanna pay that for a PS5. And the PS5 GPU alone is likely 5 times more power then what’s rumored to be in the switch 2… no way I’m paying that for a switch.

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      4 days ago

      145% of 450 is 652, you add those together and it’s essentially 1100$. And that’s before tax at the register in the US.

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          3 days ago

          Technically it isn’t.

          The company has a price for the product, importers import the product at that price (sometimes the importer will also be the manufacturer, but that doesn’t actually make a difference as far as the calculation is concerned), then some official shows up and demands an import tariff, the important pays the tariff.

          The shelf price is calculated as the total cost to the importer + a profit margin + sales tax. The tariff just gets lumped into the cost for the importer. Sales tax doesn’t make a distinction about how the price is arrived at.

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            Yes, technically correct and I am not disputing your points.

            But, we all know the cost of the tariff the local importer will need to pay the local government will be passed on to local consumers.

            My distinction and argument is if the government said “we will increase taxes on all products at your local grocery store by 145℅” people would flip. But when the wording become we will tariff “other countries” people forget who actually pays that tariff.