Sony also accepted the tariffs by selling them at a higher price. Sony didn’t have to keep selling in the US, no one forces them.
Comment on Sony's PlayStation Profits Rose 37% – Powered by Tariff Refunds, Not Game Sales
blackbeans@lemmy.zip 12 hours agoI understand that Americans suffer under this and that many people are actually against tariffs. We don’t have to disagree there.
However this article is just about the Sony PlayStation. No one forces people to buy a PlayStation. And Sony, a Japanese company, is also not affiliated with the US government.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Awooooooga@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Why would Sony stop selling its products in one of the biggest consumer markets in the world just because it’s people voted for a man that was going to increase taxes?
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
They wouldn’t. They didn’t have any peoblem continuing to sell. So why do they need a refund?
Awooooooga@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
If accounting, American citizens owe the rest of the planet a fucking refund.
raze2012@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Tariffs are fine. We do them all the time. Blanket tariffs is profoundly stupid in a world with decades of free trade agreements.
Sony interactive Entertainment is an American company, moving its HQ to the US in 2016. It organizes the playstation brand and this story focuses on the Playstation division.