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How Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More Expensive

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Hobby forums, normally places for trading tips about knitting patterns and sharing photos of new projects, are now hosting in-depth analyses of tariff news and heated political debates. Ben Schinkel, 42, an avid gamer who voted for Mr. Trump, said that the news cycle had inspired him to do some research into tariffs; he concluded that “tariffs are good if we can get a better deal for things from China and other countries.” But he said the tariffs will most likely make him more selective about which video games he buys, and he would draw the line at $90 for a new game — unless it was a new Mario or Zelda game. (Many new games now cost close to $70, and Mr. Schinkel pays around $20 a month for an Xbox Game Pass subscription.)

Other gamers seem more unsettled. “Even some very staunch Trump supporters I know, some friends of mine, are getting radio silent on their love for the gentleman,” said Ryan Hughes, who owns a video game store in Albany. Mr. Hughes, who also runs a payment software company used by other game stores, is frequently in touch with other store owners and said that, in general, the industry is in “panic mode.” Much of the gear needed to play games — GameCube and PlayStation controllers, memory cards, wires and consoles — is imported from China and may be tariffed steeply. (Such parts are largely not included in the electronics exemption the Trump administration announced this month.)

People have maintained hobbies through hard times before — underemployed Americans with extra free time tinkered through the Great Depression, wove through the 1970s economic downturn, gardened through the 2008 financial crisis and weathered the sourdough-scented Covid recession.

But an idea that has become widespread in the world of contemporary hobbies is that the “the more you spend on it, the realer it is,” said Anne Helen Petersen, the writer of the Culture Study newsletter, who often writes about hobbies (and is herself an enthusiastic dahlia gardener). Ms. Petersen suggested that tighter budgets might lead some people to lean into the community aspect of hobbies. Maybe it will be hard to buy the brand-new version of everything. But does a neighbor have a tool you can borrow?

Such a communal approach is the hope for Luis Garcia, 25, in Guadalupe, Calif., who recently started playing the Manga card game One Piece in a game shop at a local mall. Mr. Garcia, who does not currently have a job, has spent about $500 on a few sets of cards, which are imported from Japan, since picking up the game in December. If prices rise, he said, he hopes his gaming group could strike some kind of agreement not to play with the new editions of card sets. If a box went up to more than $145, he said, he would not buy it.

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