I'm not questioning whether you think it's interesting or not I'm just not seeing the relevance to this thread specifically that you decided to post it here. Especially when this older hike wasn't said to be tariff related. when you could just create a thread to discuss this theory of yours applying to "global brands" and how you believe Sony, Nintendo and MS are employing this strategy with price hikes, why this thread? Wouldn't be limited to Australia either would it unless you think those global brands have it out for them in particular.Because I think it's interesting to see how companies deal with the tariffs.
I'm more questioning why you bumped some random old thread on a whim to discuss your topic. Especially as you know full well it applies to more recent threads you've been actively discussing hikes in, no? It's not like you missed the shocking price bumps of all xbox consoles, accessories and games globally this month so you know your theory would apply generally there too. As GHG showed people including yourself were more recently discussing tarrifs being spread to other countries in that thread:
If it had been due to tariffs and it only went up the the USA I would understand. I do not understand a price jump this big around the rest of the world.
The rest of the world has to pay so the US market don't feel the full force of the tariffs and make the price too high for that one market. Spread the pain.
Then you have your TLDR summary of the bumped article in this thread saying almost the exact same thing:
Companies will spread the pain (cost of US tariffs) across multiple countries.
Why didn't you just bump that more recent pertinent post of your own and say I told you so. surely that would have been more fresh on your mind being more recent and you. Better yet why didn't you alternatively create a thread and say you believe MS and Sony have hiked prices globally to fight tariffs like this article mentions for jewellery and shoes. No need to muddle things by trying to make a false connection between what was done in April, said in May, Australia or whatever. You clearly know it was general by company, by country according to your TLDR. The thread chosen to bump seems without rhyme or reason.
From the article:Seeing as you think this is all some conspiracy I've made up, here's a few other outlets at the time of the price rise news who connected the tariffs as well for your reading:
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Sony hikes PlayStation 5 price by 25% as Trump tariffs bite
PS5 digital price in UK would rise to £430 and €500 in Europe as Japanese games developer cites ‘challenging economic environment’www.theguardian.com
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PS5 price increases by £40 as Sony cites 'challenging' conditions
The digital, disc-free edition of Sony's console has increased by roughly £70 since it first went on sale.www.bbc.com
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Sony hikes PlayStation 5 prices in multiple regions, citing challenging market - Tech Digest
Sony has announced a price increase for its PlayStation 5 consoles across several key markets, including the UK and Europewww.techdigest.tv
"The company pointed to high inflation and "fluctuating exchange rates" in a blog post explaining its decision."
So they gave you an explanation but you don't believe that and you're inserting your own theory instead? Who's the conspiracy theorist again? Nobody is saying you're the only one to come up with this idea just that you'd be wrong because there wasn't a correlation and discussions of hikes happening due to tarrifs happened in May after these very limited unrelated ones had already happened. Tarrifs would apply to all the hardware too. I believe they were mainly trying to correct the low margin digital versions for market conditions such as inflation and exchange rates outside of tarrifs. It wouldn't even make sense financially. Those hikes would not pay for the massive tarrifs in the US. In the US sales are high, there are tariffs on ALL hardware, higher than the price increase on a very limited set of console sales.
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