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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months ago

Gaming's largest lobbying group says Trump's tariffs 'would negatively impact hundreds of millions of Americans' and do serious damage to the videogame industry

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Gaming's largest lobbying group says Trump's tariffs 'would negatively impact hundreds of millions of Americans' and do serious damage to the videogame industry

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months ago
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The ESA doesn't seem to sure what to do about it, though.
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      Using the rig from five years ago that has to play all those games on “high” instead of “ultra”, the humanity!

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    Don’t upset the gamers! They’ll whine on forums and dox randos that have nothing to do with anything!

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      They’ll complain about shoulders.

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    If Trump’s tariffs actually go through video games will be the least of your worries there buckos.

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      But I need my bread and circuses to continue ignoring [motions in general direction of everything]

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        Well it’s more the gaming executives in the lobbying group needs their new that yacht with more microtransactions but yeah.

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    Also gaming expenses are a leisure expense. If people need to scrounge money for all their newly expensive goods and necessities, they’ll spend less on games.

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    To be fair, the whole gaming industry has been on its last HP point for the past half a decade.

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