RightHandOfIkaros

I agree that the price increases were already coming and tarriffs provided an easy scapegoat to blame it on. If the tarriffs never came, the prices still would have gone up but they just wouldn't have publicly announced it.

If tarrifs are objectively bad, why did China enact tarriffs in retaliation? Why would they damage their own economy to do basically nothing to the US? The Chinese economy is way more dependant on trade than the US economy is.

Any person that says the best AoE is any game other than AoE2, they're just objectively wrong. AoE2 is the best of the best.

Price increases always increase profits. You think they are only going to increase the price by exactly how much the tarriffs or other import dues increase their cost? Of course not. They will absolutely increase their profit margin with the price increase.

I had read from AP that the President announced he is scheduled to or is scheduling to meet with Xi Jing Ping for negotiations. Kinda funny that China decided to tarriff US goods they import though. I don't see what that even accomplishes for them since their economy is way more reliant on good international trade than the United States. Even as a bargaining chip, its a pretty weak one.

Either way, I think that these price increases were coming anyway, and tarriffs are an easy scapegoat to blame it on that takes the heat off the company.

The tarriffs were put in place to get the other countries (Canada, Mexico, and China) to tighten up their border security for illegal immigrants and illegal drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl.

This is the officially documented reason for the tarriffs.

Imagine making a typo in your summary that exchanges the United Kingdom for the United States, creating a literal hallucination of what the UK government response says lol

Arent the tarriffs on a 30 day pause though? With China already in talks to negotiate? If a deal is made and the tarriffs are dropped, are the price changes not going to go into effect?

My guess is no. Any excuse to raise prices will always be applauded by shareholders.

Mococo-eh

Almost certain this is correct. If this is not correct. I HAVE to know what the answer is.

"Modernism" is a term used to refer to art and culture from 1930s-1940s America. Searching for something like furniture or architecture in that style would mean you use search terms like "modern furniture" or "modern architecture." Can that really be considered "modern" anymore?

When the PS4 and Xbox One are no longer the "previous gen" I will be calling them "next gen," as that is the term most associated with those consoles. Even after the consoles were released and well into their lifespan they were still called "next gen."

I call future consoles that haven't released yet "upcoming gen" or "future gen" interchangeably.

Original Xbox, GameCube, PS2, Dreamcast - "old."

PS3, Xbox 360, Wii - "modern."

PS4, Xbox One - "previous gen"

PS5, Xbox Series - "current gen"

Nintendo Switch - "2015 smartphone"

"We have considered it and have decided to price our console exactly what we had already decided, which is below what real video game consoles cost, but we will still overcharge you for the hardware we sell to you. But don't worry, we considered it."