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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Switching to a higher price
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:26:24 -0400
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 07:54:55 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 4/3/2025 7:44 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> 
>> There's a lot of news about the imminent (give or take a few months)
>> release of Nintendo's Switch 2 portable console. Now, generally I
>> couldn't give a damn about the Switch --I've little interest in
>> consoles, portable gaming or Nintendo games-- but one factoid did
>> pique my interest: apparently all future first-party games for the
>> Switch 2 are expected to retail at least for $70 USD.

>Does that include the tariff for us Trump World slaves?

Not yet. ;-)

Although the tarriffs are expected to have a significant price impact
on the (few remaining) games sold on optical media, since most of the
discs themselves are apparently made overseas. Whether this will
result in higher prices or just a further abandoment of the media is
uncertain (personally, I think the publishers will jack up the price
on games sold on optical disks, then use that as an excuse to up the
price on digital-only games to maintain parity).

<off-topic rant, ROT13 to read or better yet, just avoid entirely>
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jura gneevsf qba'g qverpgyl nssrpg gur cebqhpg orvat fbyq. "Pnef ner
abj 25% zber rkcrafvir? Jryy, hc gur cevpr ba fnaq (be jungrire) gb
zngpu, whfg 'pnhfr jr pna." 

Gneevsf uryc abobql. Vg whfg erfhygf va genqr-jnef naq uvture cevprf
npebff gur obneq, rira sbe crbcyr va angvbaf gung unir abguvat gb jvgu
gur pbasyvpg. Vg'f fghcvq naq qrfgehpgvir naq ungrshy, naq nofbyhgryl
va punenpgre sbe gur zbqrea Havgrq Fgngrf bs Nzrevpn. Jryy, gurl'yy
ernc jung gurl fbj.

</ROT13 rant>

I haven't seen a price for the new Switch 2 (like I said, it's not
really a product I've any interest in) but I suspect it will be
significantly more expensive too. I'm more concerned about how prices
will go up for computer hardware. I need a new CPU ;-)