You may not yet have personally felt the impact of the tariffs the US has placed on China, but if you plan on picking up a PlayStation 5 when it launches next year, you may want to hold out hope that they are lifted by then. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki said that the retail price of PlayStation consoles will rise if the US government opts to impose a higher tariff on Chinese-made video game machines.
Totoki said the following in regards to the potential tariffs: “We believe, and therefore have told the U.S. government, that higher tariffs would ultimately damage the U.S. economy.”
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Sony says PS4 and PS5 prices could go up if US continues China tariffs originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 17:18:02 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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