misk@piefed.social to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339 / The Switch OLED price jumped by $50 on Sunday, to $399.99.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkNintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339 / The Switch OLED price jumped by $50 on Sunday, to $399.99.www.theverge.commisk@piefed.social to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 hours ago outsource cheap labour to Asia You do know that Nintendo is a Japanese company, right? The whole protectionist angle doesn’t really work when we’re talking about products that do not (and cannot) have domestic alternatives.
minus-squaremisk@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoCannot? That’s super defeatist. US had pretty good electronics manufacturing capability until somewhat recently.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 hours agoLiterally cannot without breaking IP laws. Do I really need to explain why??
minus-squaremisk@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYes, please do. Don’t leave me hanging.
You do know that Nintendo is a Japanese company, right?
The whole protectionist angle doesn’t really work when we’re talking about products that do not (and cannot) have domestic alternatives.
Cannot? That’s super defeatist. US had pretty good electronics manufacturing capability until somewhat recently.
Literally cannot without breaking IP laws. Do I really need to explain why??
Yes, please do. Don’t leave me hanging.
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