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

• mogranja@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨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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• Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨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 ⁨14⁩ ⁨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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• Decq@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨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 ⁨14⁩ ⁨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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨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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• PhAzE@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨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 ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Wow you are a weird ass troll

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