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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Japan should just hold back Nintendo and Sony videos games, systems, and games licensed for those systems. Americans would lose their shit.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

Republicans want to control what games we play so this would make it easy for them

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Exactly. People got super pissed when they realized they couldn’t order the S2. That made a lot of headlines.

You can currently buy the Nintendo switch 2 with relative ease in the US, but Japan could make that much harder.

[–] surjomukhi@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Nintendo diplomacy

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No, no I wouldn't. PC gaming all the way and never sony.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Yeah but enough people would.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

In the US, Nintendo sold 1 switch for every 2.25 people. Japan could frustrate a lot of American parents during Christmas if they wanted to.

As I recall, consoles still eat up more of the US gaming market than PCs. And mobile gaming is still the fattest slice of the pie.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You think gamers are gonna get off the couch?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

Same as Spain. Trump: You must spend 5% in defense, Sanchez: we have enough with 2%, money for social system, health and education is more important.

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

More defense spending? They can’t even afford rice

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago
[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Art of the deal

[–] veganbtw@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

NATO is a military defense spending contract lol, Japan was able to walk away but Europe is going to lose their social safety nets to protect against a made up Russian menace, oops.