Gamers are panicking as they face skyrocketing prices for PC parts due to Donald Trump’s escalating trade war.
President Donald Trump’s baffling escalation of his trade war has bodychecked international markets, and is expected to leave countless industries — and consumers — with major bruises.
Americans will bear the brunt of Trump’s soaring tariffs. After all, they’re basically a tax on goods from other countries, additional costs that are typically passed straight down to consumers.
The electronics sector is already taking a beating, with gamers facing skyrocketing prices as supply lines fall into chaos. As Tom’s Hardware reports, boutique PC builders heavily rely on parts imported almost exclusively from Asia, which means that buying that shiny gaming PC setup of your dreams could soon become an unaffordable luxury.
« Tariffs have a direct impact on our cost structure. which we have to pass down to our customers », PC builder Maingear CEO Wallace Santos told Tom’s. « Some of our suppliers are stopping their production lines to move out of China, causing scarcity, which ultimately causes FOMO, which causes even more scarcity.
