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Mexico’s Controversial Plan: An Extra Tax on Violent Games Could Push Prices Higher Worldwide - theGeek.games
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The Mexican government wants to tax video games with violent content as part of its health policy and in order to fund the treatment of disorders related to their use, announced Tuesday the Ministry of Finance.
Mexico City.- The increase of the IEPS to flavored beverages, tobacco, gambling and video games generates signs of uncertainty, which can discourage investment, warned the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex). "The increase of the IEPS to flavored beverages, tobacco, gambling and video games with violent content, as well as the elimination of the deductibility of the quota paid by banks to the IPAB, represent signs of fisca…
Does anyone want to think about Grand Theft Auto? Bad news for all Mexican gamers: the 2026 Economic Package of the Ministry of Finance contemplates a special tax for video games. In the economic proposal — delivered on Monday, September 8 in the Chamber of Deputies — it explains that this additional charge to the price of video games is part of the modifications to the Special Production and Services Tax (IEPS). But before you start saving extr…
The video game tax generated controversy on social networks, as gamers and consumers claim that this decision only seeks to raise money.
Mexico’s Controversial Plan: An Extra Tax on Violent Games Could Push Prices Higher Worldwide - theGeek.games
Mexico may have just proposed the worst way to raise video game prices globally: an 8% tax on violent titles. If other nations follow this approach, video game prices could surge everywhere, so caution is needed. The price of video games is always a sensitive topic among players. While publishers would certainly like to raise prices, doing so risks a storm of backlash. We saw this with the €90 price tag on Mario Kart World. Any tax reform coul…
photo: Courtesy The Mexican government has generated a strong controversy on social networks after announcing the application of an 8% tax on video games considered violent since 2026. The measure has unleashed disagreement between gamers and consumers, who claim that this decision only seeks to raise more money and directly affects their pocket, without attacking the serious problem of violence facing the country.
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