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Nintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339 / The Switch OLED price jumped by $50 on Sunday, to $399.99. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (12 children)

It's actually just not viable, period. I don't think you understand just how complicated the logistics are, or how long the process would take even if they were to start relocating right now.

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  • [+] [S] -13 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

    Why? Do you mean the only viable model is to outsource cheap labour to Asia forever? People over there will move on eventually.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not just about labor. It's about entire supply chains. It's not exactly trivial to pack up and move everything. And it's ultimately good for a global economy to have regions that specialize in specific kinds of manufacturing, it's not necessary for the US to try and make everything domestic just for the sake of being domestic.

    I'm also not sure what you mean by "move on", do you think manfuacturing is somehow ephemeral?

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  • [+] [S] -13 points 1 year ago

    All you’re saying it’s complex and that it will take time. Americans put a man on the moon, they’re a resourceful bunch. Some got pretty lazy though.

    I don’t think people in Asia are different from others and will likely be interested in pivoting their economies to be less dependent on a single thing. China already started so things moved to Vietnam, Indonesia etc. which for now are cheaper. Eventually „the west” is going to run out of places to outsource dirty work to. Colonialism is visibly losing steam, hence the rise of fascism which is just colonialism pointed inwards.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    outsource cheap labour to Asia

    You do know that Nintendo is a Japanese company, right?

    The whole protectionist angle doesn't really work when we're talking about products that do not (and cannot) have domestic alternatives.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    Cannot? That’s super defeatist. US had pretty good electronics manufacturing capability until somewhat recently.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Literally cannot without breaking IP laws. Do I really need to explain why??

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yes, please do. Don’t leave me hanging.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Go ahead and manufacture and sell your own Switch hardware and see what happens.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    How did you come up with the idea that domestically produced hardware would have to be produced independently from Nintendo and not just Nintendo of America? xdddddd

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Nintendo is a Japanese company that is known for being very traditional, and have manufactured their products in Japan for like 100 years.

    Financial considerations aside, they would just never move to the US. Especially over some demented Mad King making up random tariffs that could vanish at any point. It's just not happening.

    So the only way you're getting a Switch manufactured in the US, is if you break IP laws. That was my point.

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