Reply To: US tariffs and trade woes for gaming

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Didn’t some Chinese suppliers post the actual cost of those “expensive” clothing brands somewhere ?
Margins on those were insane  …

I’m guessing the dress she had is one of those and proof that big ticket clothing is a bigger scam than (all of us males) imagined it to be 😉

(I’d also argue that she’s got to have the morals and ethics of a braindead shrimp … there’s no way a sane person could remain the spokes person for the idiot in charge with all that’s been happening. She’d make Goebbels blush with the kind of lies she’s been telling …)

Meanwhile Awaken Realms posted this in their kickstarters :

US Tariffs Impact

You have probably heard a lot about new US tariffs on many countries, including China. We wanted to get you up to speed with everything. But honestly, this is our 5th time writing this update, as the situation is changing literally every day. It is an extremely unusual situation.

For example, tariffs on China changed in between the last weeks: 0% – > 10% – > 20% – > 54% – > 104% – > 125% – > 145%
Currently, we have NO idea what the US administration will do and what the situation will look like in a week, let alone in a few months. Hence, our approach is the following:

We wait for the situation to stabilize, we also see some form of agreement between the US / China as the most probable option (however, hard to tell how long it will take)
We are looking for all the alternative scenarios and looking for the ones that will minimize the extra cost for US backers (including production in different countries or partial production)
We are waiting for details about tariffs (currently, there are just big headlines without all the official agency details)
We are looking very carefully at all the developments on this topic

So, for now, we cannot say what the exact impact will be on US backers. The most probable impact might be delayed delivery compared to the rest of the world (until the situation stabilizes).

For all backers not based in the US – there will be no impact! (as of now).
What we mean here by saying “as of now” is that in case the “Trade war” escalates to other countries and new tariffs occur, we will have to seek solutions for other potentially affected destinations.

Also, one important thing we want to highlight for US backers is that this project is part of the Stable Pledge program, and we definitely intend to honor it. So if there is any price change due to tariffs (above 10%) before the delivery, we will also offer a 100% refund option.

As always, in situations like that, we hope for the best but prepare for the worst. We want to assure you all that we are taking this as seriously as we can, and our whole team is really focused on finding the best pragmatic solutions to deliver the games to you.

source :
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/awaken-realms/nemesis-retaliation/updates/36

tl;dr;

The tarriff situation is so unstable that it’s next to impossible to predict what the situation will be once they start shipping.
Delays for US backers are therefor (almost?) inevitable.
Backers outside of the USA are not impacted at the moment.