The company still studies transferring China’s PlayStation 5 to the US as a way to avoid the impact of tariffs
Sony released the financial results of the last quarter of the 2024 fiscal year and presented the scenarios planned for the future. The economic tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump is expected to have an impact of $ 680 million ($ 3.8 trillion) on the company’s coffers.
Because of this, the company’s CFO, Lin Tao, said he studied passing these damage to customers. In other words, the US and China trade war may cause the prices of some products, such as PlayStation 5.
China’s dependence is a problem
Remembering that Sony has already increased the price of PS5 this year, but only in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The manufacture of the console depends strongly on China, where most of the hardware is produced.
Despite a recent agreement between Americans and Chinese, economic uncertainties persist and it is likely that taxation will continue to some degree, even less than announced at first. This would be enough to strongly affect the game sector.
An indication of what the future of PS5 may be from Sony’s rivals. Microsoft has already increased the price of its Xbox consoles by up to $ 100. Nintendo, on the other hand, chose to maintain the price of Switch 2, but stressed that there may be readjustments in the near future.
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PS5 manufacture can be made in the USA
- Another idea that is being evaluated by Sony is the possibility of transferring the manufacture of PlayStation 5 to the US.
- This would avoid Donald Trump’s fares, as well as pleasing the White House, which seeks to boost the domestic industry.
- However, this measure would have high costs and the price of US labor also needs to be taken into account.
- Anyway, no decision has yet been made.
- The company analyzes all scenarios to minimize possible impacts on PS5 sales, which totaled 18.5 million in the last 12 months.
- The information is from The Verge.
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