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TechMinute | Sep 3 | Sony & Microsoft: No Tariff Refunds

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TechMinute | Sep 3 | Sony & Microsoft: No Tariff Refunds

Sony and Microsoft Have Decided Your Refund Is Their Money

Sony and Microsoft are in court right now arguing they don't owe console buyers a single cent of tariff refunds. Let that sink in: prices jumped because of tariffs, gamers who paid the higher price sued to get it back, and both companies' legal teams responded with the corporate equivalent of a shrug. Sony even called the refund demands "speculative and illogical" — which is lawyer for no.

Reconstructed news image: a PS5 and an Xbox Series S sitting side by side under dramatic studio lighting

The console you bought at the inflated price. Both companies say the difference is officially your problem.

Nintendo already made the exact same argument, so congrats — this is a rare Big Three consensus. The one thing Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo agree on: not paying you back.

Reconstructed news image: PS5 with DualSense controller facing off against an Xbox Series X with controller in moody editorial lighting

PS5 versus Xbox. Thirty years of rivalry, and the first thing they agree on is keeping your refund.

▶ Watch the full breakdown — under a minute, zero fluff: https://cdn.builder2.com/w/v/sony-and-microsoft-say-theyre-not-obligated-to-pass-us-tariff-refunds-to-console/9:16/job_598b0f4a-b0f.m3u8

Source: Game File. Image source: Game File.

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