The Entertainment Software Agency, a video game trade and lobby organization, is predicting that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will have a big impact on the industry and will specifically impact the sale of hardware.This Substack is reader-supported.
Let the perps work out a solution and present it to the respective governments for approval.
Rather than '[t]ake a comprehensive approach that facilitates broad deployment of technology across the U.S. economy so that U.S. innovators, creators, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, scientists, and consumers thrive,' which is just a vomitous mess of 'more of the same', let these companies come to agreements that consolidate manufacturing and distribution between companies, and work to reduce pass through. Maybe assembly plants in each major country that comprises the bulk of the market.
Who cares, though? It's their problem to solve, not ours.
Let the perps work out a solution and present it to the respective governments for approval.
Rather than '[t]ake a comprehensive approach that facilitates broad deployment of technology across the U.S. economy so that U.S. innovators, creators, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, scientists, and consumers thrive,' which is just a vomitous mess of 'more of the same', let these companies come to agreements that consolidate manufacturing and distribution between companies, and work to reduce pass through. Maybe assembly plants in each major country that comprises the bulk of the market.
Who cares, though? It's their problem to solve, not ours.
"Amazon, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Disney Interactive Studios, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Konami, Microsoft, Netflix, Nexon, Nintendo, Riot Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Square Enix, Tencent Games, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Games, Wizards of the Coast, Mattel, and Take-Two..."
Wow. I haven't seen a rogues gallery this large outside comic books.
And where are the issues of concern from teh ESA on China's existing tariff's? I'm having trouble finding that.
So tariffs will destroy the gaming industry? Really?
So tariffs will destroy the gaming industry? Really?
Oh, no! Not the CCP mouthpieces! They are totally objective and not corrupt.
De minimi exception.