2025-12-17 14:25:22

Console sales in the US just took a serious hit—spending plummeted 27% in November, marking the weakest month for the sector in over twenty years. What's driving this cliff? Tariffs and skyrocketing component costs have pushed hardware prices to all-time highs, pricing out casual buyers right at the critical holiday shopping window. When you're spending way more on essentials, discretionary gaming purchases get axed. This broader cost-of-living squeeze is rippling across multiple industries and assets.

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PumpBeforeRug

· 2025-12-20 12:23

Tariffs are really the worst, artificially driving up the prices of gaming consoles to the sky, consumers are directly abandoning the market --- 27% plummet... with such high living costs, it's a miracle that gaming consoles are still selling --- Both tariffs and component costs, who can withstand this? Just stop buying altogether --- If the holiday season is like this, it shows everyone is tightening their belts, and discretionary spending has completely cooled down --- Living costs have risen so much, yet gaming hardware prices are still soaring. Who came up with this logic? --- Worst performance in over 20 years... this round might really lead to a reshuffle

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MEVHunterWang

· 2025-12-17 14:55

Tariffs are really harsh; the prices of gaming hardware have skyrocketed, no wonder players are holding back.

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DefiPlaybook

· 2025-12-17 14:42

According to data, the 27% decline actually reflects a deeper asset allocation issue—the trade-off between essentials and discretionary consumption has become a mainstream economic indicator. This heavily overlaps with periods of abnormal liquidity activity in on-chain stablecoins, which warrants caution. --- The rise in tariffs increasing hardware costs essentially represents the transmission of inflation expectations across various asset classes. Game consoles are just the first to be affected. Risk warning: if consumer demand continues to weaken, the next sector to be impacted might be technology stocks. --- The worst performance in over twenty years... Based on historical experience, such a collapse in consumer demand often precedes adjustments in financial assets. It is recommended to closely monitor the on-chain holdings of major concept stock holders. --- Interestingly, the pressure of rising living costs affecting multiple industries has already been reflected on-chain—just look at the current lull in the NFT market to see that capital has been pricing in the expectation of declining consumption in advance. --- Hardware prices hitting new highs while sales plummet... This logical contradiction itself explains the issue well. Market demand has truly been crushed, not just a short-term fluctuation. The detailed analysis is as follows: rising supply-side costs + shrinking demand = a spiral downward pressure.

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