PC gaming to get even worse! Win for Sony? "Acer to increase hardware prices by at least 10% due to tariffs."

Acer CEO says its PC prices to increase by 10 percent in response to Trump tariffs - Ars Technica

This is based. PC Gamers here have been waaaay too uppity lately. This should calm them down. Prices to sky rocket and PS5:PRO will begin to sell much more now. Cows going to be eating GOOD.

Oh I wouldn't say we are "uppity", just excited to have access to the largest and most diverse game library, infinite backwards compatibility, a market that is abandoning stupid exclusivity practices in favor of multiplatform releases, and so on😀

If that makes me uppity, well, I guess I am uppity 😁

In either case, PC hardware has always been more expensive than console, so what else is different today that wasn't true yesterday or 10 years ago?

Prices have also fluctuated wildly in recent years, so a10% tariff might raise the price across the board on average but when GPU prices are already artificially high and the availability is restricted due to scalpers, miners, etc. then I don't really see what has changed in that regard. Tomorrow's $1500 GPU might be found somewhere for $900 in a couple months. Who knows?

The nice thing about PC gaming though is that it's a spectrum. If all you have is $1000, then you can still cobble together a fairly decent rig. If you have $5000, then you can spend it all if you care about those last few % points as you fight that diminishing return.

Truly the best platform. Oh gee, there I go being uppity again 😉

Not sure how "based" a 10% tariff is on day-to-day goods, though. That's really going to add up. But hey, as long as us PC gamers get owned in the process, who cares, right? As they say: some people will eat shit just to make others smell their breath.

Sony would never ...

Why wouldn't consoles suffer same tariffs? I know lot of retailers planned to combat them short term by stockpiling inventory before tariffs went into place. But once we've burned through that, tariffs on everything right?

Winners of Trump tariff wars: Trumps friends

Losers of Trump tariff wars: everyone else

Those tariffs will affect everyone.

It is very likely the Switch 2 prices will be more expensive as a result to these tariffs to.

I thought he was going to reduce prices, what happened? Voted for him due to that alone...

Remember the last time he was in charge and only ever did things for his conglomerate friends out of self interest?

Yeah well people voted for version 2.0 of that.

Every economic in the world will tell you that closed off markets and tariff wars will not lead to "fun happy times" for consumers.

Politics aside,

This isnt looking good for both the PS5 pro, and Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo are trying to minimize the impact of the tariffs, but things like this are really hard to predict. Especially the proposed tariffs on Semiconductors could spell really bad news for especially the larger consoles.

And the worst part is, this will likely have a global impact too. Raising prices of everything worldwide.

Which brings me to my point I made elsewhere. I think optimizations is really key.

With the PS6 and Xbox Next releasing probably within 4 years. It is very likely the next gen will be marked by "expensive" hardware. We may very well see new Consoles make the PS5 Pro look cheap and with that, another midgen period. Like we did this gen.

I remember trying to explain these tariffs and their impact to some of the pro MAGA people here. It’s more difficult than explaining AI to Boomers. It’s no use. Buzzwords work incredibly well on people. Look at the Lems. Their brains only operate in buzzwords and talking points.

Don't buy Acer products then..? Aren't they like the cheap but bad option? Now they're gonna be not that cheap and bad option.

As my friend Forest would say. Stupid is as stupid does. lol :P

@SecretPolice: i like the Buddhist mindset: I want for nothing.

Well I do want for something:

Everwild 😭

@R4gn4r0k:

Any day now we'll get a launch date. :P

Phil Spencer Gives Update On Missing-In-Action Rare Game Everwild - GameSpot

Phil Spencer Gives Update On Missing-In-Action Rare Game Everwild

In a recent interview, Xbox boss Phil Spencer gave a brief update on the long-in-development Rare game Everwild.

It's been over 5 years since Rare's in-development project Everwild was announced by Xbox, and details have been thin on the ground ever since. In a recent interview, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said that Everwild is proceeding well.

Speaking to XboxEra, Spencer mentioned a few games in passing that he's excited for. Everwild was one of those games, with Spencer confirming that Rare is making "progress" on the project. "I do think the work that Double Fine's doing and how [Double Fine founder Tim Schafer] kind of solicits feedback from the team," Spencer said in part. "And the other one, I'll say because I was recently out at Rare. It’s nice to see the team with Everwild and the progress that they're making."

"PS5:PRO"......"Cows going to be eating GOOD"

High end P.C. gaming was always expensive, you buy parts on what your rig needs for a more personal tuned experience. Comparing it to the price of a pre-set console, which is designed for easy of use, is retarded. Always has been, don't care for the brainrot debate on the subject. They both have gaming audience appeal & fit certain preferences.

With that noted I'm not a fan of the PS5 Pro and have zero interest in buying one. New parts to spice up my rig on the otherhand remains appealing.

PC parts are increasing year by year. Tariffs or none

AFAIK tariffs are selective and in this case apply to China, not Japan. That might be a reason people think consoles won't suffer.

However, I am sure like the rest of the world Japan gets a lot of goods from China (including parts for Playstations, Nintendos, etc) so maybe it will.

Guess we will see. I have no doubt that prices will go up across the board, though, not just PC parts.

Been saying this for a while now as well. We need to pump the brakes on the hardware-dependent aspects of visuals and maybe work more on other things. I think art direction and optimization would be a good way to make a lot of progress in terms of visuals, while we can continue to work with AI (both in the current understanding, but also in the traditional sense of making NPC's smarter and more lifelike) in terms of making games more enjoyable.

But as far as the ol' "frames per second" thing goes, yes; definitely need to focus on optimization for sure.

Games from the 2010's still look amazing and games now simply do not look better enough to justify the cost in both dollars and performance.

@mrbojangles25: I think the bulk of production still happens in China, but I believe both Nintendo and Sony have been trying to move some production out of the country on a smaller scale.

Like everyone has dated this isn't a PC thing

Finally a reason to buy the Pro