Comment on Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No no, I’m sure it’s the fault of the trans kids. And the immigrants.

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  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Here’s how I think it’s going to go down.

    They’ll realize that Sony isn’t a American company. They’ll find out it’s a Japanese company They’ll blame Chinese-Americans for the increase. Republican gestapo intensifies Tariffs will continue until Americans aren’t so stupid

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They’ll find out it’s a Japanese company They’ll blame Chinese-Americans

      I love how this is one of those things that sounds like an absurdist joke but it’s actual realistic analysis based on current trends.

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  • jve@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks, Obama

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  • lefixxx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s Biden fault

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    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      DAG NABBIT JOSEH BIDUN

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      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        MUH EEEGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGSS

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      At least it’s not Obama’s…

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  • Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Username checks out.

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• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There is also the choice if making less money that companies are allowed to make.

  A company that is profitable will still be profitable if they make a tiny bit less profit.

  But that’s not even seen as an option anymore. The idea that a company should shoulder the cost of anything instead of the consumer is crazy to us.

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  • mogranja@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to top it off, if the tariffs went away in 3 months, would they lower the price back down?

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  • Decq@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why would they take a hit for something the US population voted for themselves? That makes no sense.

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    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why would businesses shoulder the burden of economic downturns when they have the option to force poor people to pay for it?

      Yeah that’s the question

      I struggle to shed a tear for souless corporations

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      • Decq@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I don’t shed tears for soulless corporations either. But i also don’t shed tears anymore for a populace that systematically votes for self-harm either.

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  • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think, if I understand US law correctly, not a legal choice to publically traded companies.

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    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is true

      Dodge vs Ford Motor Company started us down that road to our current shareholder economy

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

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  • PhAzE@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why would they make less money just so someone else can pocket some of it? Raising prices is the only and proper business decision to this.

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    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So they lower prices when the economy is doing better right?

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      • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  well, that and the insatiable lust for profit

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