Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo band together to tackle Trump’s trade tariffs

There a great big trade war between US president Trump is administration and China. Trump wants to Make America Great Again by making everything in America more expensive, by shifting manufacturing away from China. There are some unfathomable trade tariffs looming that’ll see goods involving Chinese manufacture even more expensive. While it hasn’t been implemented yet, there’s a very real possibility of a 25% tariff on things like consoles – making them more expensive to make, more expensive to bring into the US and more expensive to sell. The big three console makers – That’s Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo – have banded together to fight the impending tariffs, saying that their implementation would harm the industry. Given that Sony and Microsoft have their new machines coming next year, while Nintendo has two rumours Switch revisions on the way, they all have a vested interest in keeping production and distribution costs lower.