Developer of Game Boy-like mini game console 'Arduboy' says Trump tariffs will 'force him out of business'
Kevin Bates, a personal developer of the game console 'Arduboy,' said, 'I can no longer survive with the tariffs.' Since Bates has moved to China, he is directly affected by the tariffs imposed by the United States.
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The Arduboy is a compact game console that allows you to install and play 8-bit games created by yourself or someone else. In 2015,
I tried using the ultra-compact Game Boy-style game machine 'Arduboy' that can play homemade games with a credit card size - GIGAZINE
Arduboy's lifetime sales have already exceeded $1 million (about 145 million yen), but President Donald Trump's 'reciprocal tariffs' have forced the company out of business.
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'I just love making circuit boards and helping people learn game code,' said Bates, who is the sole developer of Arduboy. 'The tariffs are just too much,' he said. The only options left were to significantly raise the price, find a way to avoid the tariffs, or just get rid of Arduboy altogether.
One option would be to move manufacturing from China to the United States, but no manufacturer seems to respond to Bates' requests to 'make Arduboys.' Even if he made it himself, the hourly rate would be very low, and the parts would be expensive, so he has no other options.
Bates pointed out, 'The existence of Arduboy is like a miracle of global trade, because one person produced and distributed an international product.' He has already declared Arduboy 'dead' on his LinkedIn and on the Arduboy forum, and is ready to retire after the evolved USB Type-C version of Arduboy.
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