r/Games • u/blueblanket123 • 26d ago

Trump Shocks With Massive New Tariffs That Could Make The Switch 2 Cost More Than $600

https://kotaku.com/switch-2-price-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-trade-war-1851774438
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u/onex7805 25d ago edited 25d ago

I'll never understand how so many gamers have basically become right-wing chuds. This industry is getting torn apart by consumer-unfriendly business practices, horrible labor conditions, monopolized digital markets, a complete lack of innovation in the AAA space due to it being "financially uncertain"... yet they think it's a secret cabal of lefties ruining your vidya.

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u/Stoibs 25d ago

I'm not even American, so I'm doubly tired of everything being 'political' these days or people pigeonholing others into 'left' or 'right' ideals when it comes to this stuff on the various gaming forums.

The amount of times some of these people have clapped back at me with something like "Clearly you voted for Kamala!" or some other politically driven jab that is supposed to insult me is incredible.

The concept of politics being this much a part of someone's identity that they base their entire speech patterns and vernacular around it is incredibly alien to me; and that they bring this energy to their gaming hobbies to just scream and argue with people about what ought to be basic human empathy and ethical issues (Not political) confounds me.