ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down12cross-posted to: games@hexbear.netpolygon@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-link8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffswww.polygon.comByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square56linkfedilinkcross-posted to: games@hexbear.netpolygon@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarecommander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 days agoThe best gamepads. It’ll be a wasteland again once again once stock runs out
minus-squarehakase@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 days agoGamesir seems to be vying for that crown of late - their price to feature ratio is impressive. Edit: Yes, they’ll face the same tariff pressures - I’m just noting that 8BitDo isn’t the clear market leader the way they were 3-5 years ago.
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agohttps://gamesir.com/pages/brand-story 2013 Founding of GameSir by Yao Ma and the establishing of headquarter in Guangzhou, China. I would assume that GameSir would also be affected by tariffs on China if 8bitdo is.
minus-squarecommander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAhh ya gamesir. I have a gamesir gamepad for my phone. Really good. They’ll have trouble with tariffs pricing too though
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoi picked up a gamesir g3s like 10 years ago and it still works pretty good. i need to replace the thumb pads, but other than that it’s in good shape.
The best gamepads. It’ll be a wasteland again once again once stock runs out
Gamesir seems to be vying for that crown of late - their price to feature ratio is impressive.
Edit: Yes, they’ll face the same tariff pressures - I’m just noting that 8BitDo isn’t the clear market leader the way they were 3-5 years ago.
https://gamesir.com/pages/brand-story
I would assume that GameSir would also be affected by tariffs on China if 8bitdo is.
Ahh ya gamesir. I have a gamesir gamepad for my phone. Really good. They’ll have trouble with tariffs pricing too though
i picked up a gamesir g3s like 10 years ago and it still works pretty good. i need to replace the thumb pads, but other than that it’s in good shape.