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Major Japanese studios and publishers were having a great time in 2025, right up until the weekend because of the (you guessed it) 'insultingly dumb' US tariffs
It's not a good Monday for anybody, Japan included.
PC Gamer's own Jacob Ridley explains: "When a semiconductor is manufactured and then packaged into a separate system, it could be subject to a different tariff without exemption, i.e. within an add-in card, computer or server rack." Ultimately, it's a nightmare web of cause and effect, where the actual impact of these tariffs—so 'carefully' and 'surgically' applied that the Trump administration has, uh, imposed a tariff on an uninhabited island of penguins and seals —is logistically impossible to avoid. Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia.
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