If the government wanted the people to have it they could have stipulated that or, better yet, given it directly to the people. You need a complicit government for ‘privatized profit; socialized loses’
Noone could have possibly anticipated this
Yes, that’s correct, they are under no obligation. Obviously. It would be nice if they did that, but there is obviously no obligation.
why?
because fuck you. that’s why.
They must just need more time to do the right thing naturally without being legally obligated?
Self regulation and the free* markets in action
Sony already don’t want me to buy their games, so at least they’ve ensured they don’t owe me a refund.
Unpopular opinion I guess, but sure. Why should they? They sold good for a price they deemed worthy, calculated their dues and risk, and customer bought it for this price.
Companies have to maximize their profit.
People should not be mad at those companies. Proper targets are: Those who created unlawful taxes, capitalism or the specific rules within capitalism or the (in this case) the USA.
I can’t really blame them. I wouldn’t expect a check in the mail from Starbucks because of their coffee bean tariffs were refunded.
greedy fucks have no heart nor soul for anyone but themselves
And we have no obligation to buy their products. Bodycott is the only language companies understand
And they’re not.
And you’re not obligated to buy their products
Is piracy a thing on modern consoles?
Look into the bounty on a PS5 firmware crack.
15k seems like a nice sum. I’m guessing it’s pretty locked down if a few months’ pay hasn’t led to anything
Or it could be an attempt to drive the sum up since Sony pay for bugs found. That said, these things take time to find too.
Use emulation. Can’t play the latest, but there’s no shortage
I figured. DS had great piracy, which is where my burgeoning hope was pulled from.
And I don’t. Those 800 games that I haven’t touched aren’t going to play themselves.
Neither one sussists on consumer products lol
Not surprising considering most companies have no plans to refund the consumer for the tariff costs they passed on because there’s no regulation forcing them to do so.
did most companies pass it on though? some didnt and in those cases why should they?
Just to highlight the good actors too:
For one thing, Arctic announced a price rollback after securing its refund, saying this will continue until “every single dollar Arctic received […] has been paid back to our customers.”
Panic, maker of the Playdate handheld, has taken a bolder stance, offering refunds to those who bought its console and were charged extra for its tariffs. Company co-founder Cabel Sasser said last month, “It’s just not our money to keep.”
Playdate handheld
That thing is so hilariously overpriced in the first place, that a few bucks don’t make any difference neither to the seller, nor the consumer.
Guess I’ll continue pirating their shit.
They make it so much easier for us nerds to tell the normies that these companies suck and to not buy shit from them. Broken ad infested OS, no disk Sony drama, and now this.
