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Nintendo is requesting a dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against it following Nintendo's own lawsuit against the US Government, as it argues that it doesn't owe customers any money back if they paid for price-hiked products.

Back in March, it was reported that Nintendo was filing a lawsuit over the allegedly "unlawful imposition of tariffs" in the US, and requested that "all tariffs collected under the IEEPA Duties must be refunded with interest."

However, as reported by Game File in April , two individuals then went on to file a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that, "unless restrained by this Court, Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice – once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds, including interest paid by the government on those funds."

The individuals were referring to the Nintendo price hikes we saw last year in the US – first, we saw the price of Switch 2 accessories go up before the console even launched , and a few months later, the Switch 1 family of consoles also saw price increases . The class action complaint , filed "on behalf of millions of consumers who purchased goods from Nintendo during the tariff period and who paid inflated prices," seeks "restitution of those tariff overcharges, together with appropriate declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief."

Now, though, as Game File reports , Nintendo is asking for this proposed lawsuit to be dismissed, reportedly stating in a new filing that customers "received exactly what they bargained and paid for" when they purchased goods after the price hikes. It notes that "the common thread" in the claims against it is "that it is somehow 'unfair; that Nintendo has not retroactively adjusted its prices for completed sales in response to the outcome of the tariff litigation," but says "that is now how commercial transactions work."

(Image credit: Nintendo) It continues, noting that customers willingly paid the hiked prices – "Plaintiffs are not entitled to a rebate simply because of intervening legal developments related to tariffs," it adds.

Beyond that, Nintendo also claims it didn't "simply increase each product's price by the amount of tariffs it paid on that product or impose an across-the-board tariff surcharge," saying it instead "imposed modest and selective price adjustments" and "chose to bear the costs of tariffs on some of its most popular products of 2025, including its flagship console, the Nintendo Switch 2."

The price hikes clearly weren't the sole result of the tariffs, either, as Nintendo points to "market conditions including costs of memory, labor," and "shipping," too – making the concept of trying to work out exactly how much a given product's price had increased by as a result of the tariffs alone a more complicated affair.

Doubling down on the idea that consumers willingly paid the prices set out in front of them, Nintendo also argues that the individuals behind the lawsuit don't have grounds to sue since, well, they could have simply chosen not to pay. "If a consumer did not want to pay the advertised price, they were free to abstain from purchasing the product or seek out competing products."

Nintendo thinks that the case be dealt with via private arbitration – its call for dismissal is reportedly in case this is denied.

It's not just Nintendo that's been rolling out price hikes over the last year or so – just last month, Xbox announced yet another console price hike (the third one since 2025 ), while Sony announced PS5 price increases back in March . At the time, Sony blamed "continued pressures in the global economic landscape." As Nintendo notes in its recent court filing, the increasing price of memory is also no doubt a huge factor here, and unfortunately, Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat recently stated that the RAM crisis is "still getting worse."

$1,049 Steam Machine is still a "good value," Valve engineer says, even though it was supposed to be $789 like the Steam Deck.

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When you stop and think about the coolest swords in the history of Middle-earth, Sting probably comes to mind, along with Aragorn’s reforged Anduril, Flame of the West. Both feature prominently in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But The Hobbit features some truly epic blades as well, namely Glamdring and Orcrist, two legendary swords forged in the First Age that are discovered by Thorin’s company in a trolls' lair. Gandalf also wields Glamdring throughout the War of the Ring, which explains why it appeared as an equipment card in the previous Magic: The Gathering x Lord of the Rings crossover. But now, The Hobbit 's other iconic sword is finally coming to Magic , too.

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You can be sure that whatever TSMC does next, the rest of the industry will follow. Unfortunately, it looks like this major player in chip manufacturing is set to raise its prices by as much as 10% in 2027.

This is due to both the rising cost of materials as well as the company's overseas fab construction projects (such as the already booked up though not even built yet 2nm fab in Arizona ). Price increases ranging between 5 to 10% will affect various chip production services offered by TSMC (via Nikkei Asia ). Sources also claim that extra orders of high-performance computing chips not otherwise accounted for in customers' original forecasts will incur a 10 to 15% premium on top.

The services affected include TSMC's 7nm and more advanced fabrication processes. As TSMC accounts for over 70% of the global semiconductor foundry market , Big Tech will have little choice but to pay the bill when it's due.

Waiting until the start of 2027 to raise its prices is considered a less aggressive move within the industry (especially in light of memory prices being predicted to rise by as much as 50% in Q3 of 2026). Indeed, we've already seen more than our fair share of price increases this year already.

For instance, earlier this month it was reported that AMD may raise the price of its GPU and VRAM bundles for graphics card makers . This follows news back in March that both AMD and Intel would be raising the prices for all of their respective CPUs too.

(Image credit: I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images) On the more directly consumer-facing front, Apple has had to raise Mac and iPad prices too. The company reflected on the current state of memory supply, saying, " We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly ." Valve engineers don't have a particularly sunny outlook either, saying, " Honestly, it's still getting worse ." It's hard not to wonder just how sustainable such high prices are. Even SK hynix chairman Chey Tae-won admits that memory prices are "abnormally high," adding, " there are limits to how much prices can be raised ."

During TSMC's earnings call earlier this month , chairman C.C. Wei shared some thoughts along these lines. Though Wei admitted he was "jealous" of memory chipmakers' runaway margins, he stressed that TSMC's pricing would not seek to imitate the memory industry, saying that customers simply would not survive if the company suddenly increased its prices "four or five times."

He went on to add, "We earn our value and we make sure that our profit, our gross margin is enough for our long-term sustaining expansion. That's to the benefit of my customers and TSMC also. That's our philosophy."

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What a year it’s been for Titus Welliver , who recently returned to the crime thriller genre on TV for his new show, The Westies , which is now streaming on MGM+. Welliver stars opposite J.K. Simmons in the show, and after the first two episodes were released on July 12, the series will resume on July 26 with new episodes dropping weekly until the Season 1 finale on August 30. Welliver is best known for his role as Harry Bosch in the Prime Video original series, Bosch , and he also starred as the character in two other shows, Bosch: Legacy and Ballard . Welliver will reprise his role as Bosch in Ballard Season 2, which is expected to return to Prime Video sometime in the next few months. Like any start worth his salt, though, Welliver is always on the hunt for new projects, and the latest movie to catch his eye is a new action thriller titled The Fix .