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Japan scraps U.S. meeting after Washington demands more defense spending (www.asahi.com)
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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

Nintendo diplomacy

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Yeah but enough people would.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

You think gamers are gonna get off the couch?