[STEAM] Due to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may “simply not get made”

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Analysts are warning that

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could lead to price increases and supply issues for video game software and hardware in the United States.

The effects could be particularly pronounced for physical game discs, which are now

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. A 25 percent tax on discs shipped in from Mexico could lead to "a sharp downtick in the number of disc-based games that get released physically in the US," Circana analyst Mat Piscatella

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"It wouldn't surprise me to see physical games that would be subject to tariffs simply not get made, with pubs moving to an all digital strategy," Piscatella

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. That would accelerate a trend that has been building for years, making disc-based releases

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