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The US game industry is horrified by this. As the largest market for games, reduced purchases in the US affect everyone who works in the business -- one that is
by dtagames 2y ago
The US game industry is horrified by this. As the largest market for games, reduced purchases in the US affect everyone who works in the business -- one that is already the poster child for layoffs.
Anything that punishes the games business in the US can only hurt the US more than other countries. It would be ideal to build game consoles here and we could and should. We invented all the fundamental technologies behind computer hardware, software, and video games. There must be a way to attract that business back here with a carrot rather than a stick.
- linotype 2y agoThat’s basically what the IRA was but for renewables and battery technology. The same states that benefited from it (red states in the south) voted against it in the last cycle. It’s crazy.
- massysett 2y agoWhy would it be ideal for the USA to build consoles? The Asians build the hardware, the Americans make the software. That’s exactly the kind of specialization and efficiency that trade is all about.
- dtagames 2y agoI agree and it worked as long as that carve-out were permitted. But if we want to make that stuff here, we certainly can and every community targeted for such a factory would welcome it. Working class Americans lived their highest standard of living when more physical things were made here. We still have that option.