Not just Switch 2: ESA warns Trump’s tariffs will hurt the entire game industry
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Yep. Even if you're buying a product which is by meaningful standards "100% American made," consider the invisible costs. The cost of the packaging that they use, the cost of the supplies/equipment they use in production and the upkeep required to maintain them, the cost of the infrastructure they use for logistics and operations, etc.
All these less visible dependencies affect the cost of doing business and can still be impacted by tariffs if anything comes from overseas, even if the product itself is just a bottle of maple syrup made in Vermont.
This came up on my feed the other day…
Made in America stickers which are made in China are now 34% more expensive.
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Let's try and look at silver linings
What would be great is if price hikes cause people to purchase games that are worth it causing developers to release complete and feature rich games without further abysmal monetization statagies.
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... or, we get lots and lots of 2D, sidescrolling, pixel-art games with anime tiddy cover art.
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Why is the European Space Agency is speaking up to this topic
What else can they do while waiting for launch windows other than play vidya?
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Care to elaborate?
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Fuck Trump!
Just sayin'
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Good question! Hope this helps:
There isn’t a single live tracker that puts Trump’s first and second terms side by side, but we can compare available data:
First Term (2017–2021):
- Golf rounds played: Approximately 261 rounds — about one every 5.6 days.
- Visits to Trump properties: 428 days out of 1,461, which is nearly 29% of his presidency.
- Source: TrumpGolfTrack.com
Second Term (as of February 17, 2025):
- Golf rounds played: At least 5 rounds in the first 28 days — again, one every 5.6 days.
- Percentage of days golfing: About 17.86% of his time in office so far.
- Source: PinkNews article
Soooo: Trump’s pace of golfing in his second term is nearly identical to his first — he’s kept the same rhythm of golf every 5–6 days.
That’s wild shit right there.
Thanks this is exactly what I was looking for. I guess you can say he is consistent. I'm glad he didn't let anything affect his golf. I wonder if his scores improved.
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Golf isn’t that expensive. Not more expensive than any other hobby to be fair. He makes it expensive because he only plays in his own courses and overcharges the hell out of The White House. What they spend on renting golf carts alone is a fortune. He’s a crook, but he’s so open about it that it really doesn’t affect him. Any other president would be torn to pieces about this, because they likely have shame and would try to hide actions like this. Trump normalizes depravity.
Also it was that fact that he stopped in the middle of whatever crisis or serious event to fly somewhere and play golf and take a day off. Them do it again a few days later while the crisis is looming. Like flying to Cancun in a state blackout, but people don't care.
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