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US president Donald Trump’s newly imposed tariffs could make publishers decide to stop releasing physical games due to the increased cost of manufacturing, an analyst has suggested.


Trump's tariffs against Mexico and Canada might lead to increased prices on consoles and games

Consoles are also likely to be impacted by tariffs, as explained by Nike Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad. As we reported in January, the president’s tariffs could see the price of consoles jump dramatically. And the Switch 2 could be slapped with a higher-than-expected price tag due to the ongoing tariffs, making a console that was potentially already going to be hard to buy in its first year even trickier and more expensive to obtain.

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