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[mckmas8808]

No shit Captain obvious.

It wasn't obvious to many on GAF last month.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Hey, if you want to try and feign ignorance then you should at least be consistent in your actions.

So yes, please go ahead.

And what are my actions? Posting an article about price rises in Australia in a thread about price rises in Australia?

 

[Astray]

These Days of Play discounts have delivered some all-time salt.

Someone should make a collage and show it to Totoki so we can get more sales going.

 

[GHG]

And what are my actions? Posting an article about price rises in Australia in a thread about price rises in Australia?

The topic only concerned price increases in Australia? And it was about all products across Australia?

Well in that case I don't know what the fuss was about. We should get back to discussing the prices of Iphones and Birkenstocks in Australia.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

The topic only concerned price increases in Australia? And it was about all products across Australia?

Well in that case I don't know what the fuss was about. We should get back to discussing the prices of Iphones and Birkenstocks in Australia.

The topic included price rises in Australia, specifically, and also included discussion about tariffs affecting the prices. Hence posting the article.

Glad I was able to join the dots for you

 

[Gryllis]

Interestingly, it's been a month and the Xbox price increases haven't actually been applied in Australia yet. A disc Series X still costs $799 everywhere, not the $849 it's apparently gone up to.

I wonder if that suggests stock isn't moving and for now retailers still have the pre-price increase inventory.

 

[Topher]

The topic included price rises in Australia, specifically, and also included discussion about tariffs affecting the prices. Hence posting the article.

Glad I was able to join the dots for you

You couldn't be more wrong.

Spoiler

It's "connect the dots", not "join the dots".

 

[Three]

Interestingly, it's been a month and the Xbox price increases haven't actually been applied in Australia yet. A disc Series X still costs $799 everywhere, not the $849 it's apparently gone up to.

I wonder if that suggests stock isn't moving and for now retailers still have the pre-price increase inventory.

They've been applied officially:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/configure/Xbox-Series-X/8wj714n3rbtl

There may be some retailers that havent updated prices though or simply want to clear stock.

 

[bender]

You couldn't be more wrong.

Spoiler

It's "connect the dots", not "join the dots".

 

[reinking]

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Interestingly, it's been a month and the Xbox price increases haven't actually been applied in Australia yet. A disc Series X still costs $799 everywhere, not the $849 it's apparently gone up to.

I wonder if that suggests stock isn't moving and for now retailers still have the pre-price increase inventory.

It's crazy how expensive consoles are now here. Somehow I managed to jag a Series X for AUD $450 from my local Target about a year ago.

 

[Topher]

 

[bender]

 

[Three]

It wasn't obvious to many on GAF last month.

It's not really happened yet in gaming (using hikes elsewhere to subsidise US prices due to tarrifs). Remember the US got hiked in this xbox increase. The overall increase in prices globally was obvious though since there were counter tarrifs and global trade took a hit overall. Prices are bound to increase as every government tries to take a cut at every trade on top of other costs. Going from globalisation to a trainwreck of tariffs is obviously going to increase costs for everyone. Especially if you need to fight proxy trading with generalised tariffs.

 

[mckmas8808]

It's not really happened yet in gaming (using hikes elsewhere to subsidise US prices due to tarrifs). Remember the US got hiked in this xbox increase. The overall increase in prices globally was obvious though since there were counter tarrifs and global trade took a hit overall. Prices are bound to increase as every government tries to take a cut at every trade on top of other costs. Going from globalisation to a trainwreck of tariffs is obviously going to increase costs for everyone. Especially if you need to fight proxy trading with generalised tariffs.

But it was obvious that it was going to happen.

 

[Three]

But it was obvious that it was going to happen.

Yeah it was obvious that globally prices would increase as each government taxed trade so you're paying more but it wasn't a case of the world paying for US consumer while the US consumer doesn't get hit with the rising costs. It's just a frenzy of individual governments trying to tax more and raising the price of goods/trade. It's a shitshow.

 

[Unknown?]

AI trash, doesn't understand. Try again!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Yeah it was obvious that globally prices would increase as each government taxed trade so you're paying more but it wasn't a case of the world paying for US consumer while the US consumer doesn't get hit with the rising costs. It's just a frenzy of individual governments trying to tax more and raising the price of goods/trade. It's a shitshow.

Depending on the product and rate, prices were going to rise at some point. Just a matter of when. Many companies can't even pass the price increase to stores who then pass it to consumers as many stores have price increase policies that may be 90 days lead time. And many don't give a shit if trump passes a new tariff tomorrow blindsiding everyone.

Also, the cost increase of a product is going to be muddied and many products have components from different countries which may or may not have a tariff.

But most people don't know this so they just assume if trump says let's say 30% it means everything goes up 30%. When in reality may be only a portion of parts is subject to 30% but the rest is 0%. Maybe the real blended rates is 12%. But companies and stores might as well just say 30% and both pocket more money off people as they don't know any better.