Happy 2025 everyone. It is only the 21st of January and I have already received 8 orders! A big thank you to everyone for making this all possible. I have built and shipped 90 controller so far, with another 4 to ship soon. Starting with John P. on January 9, 2024 till now you all made my dream of starting my own small business possible. Cyberphreak Enterprises LLC is a real thing in the State of Illinois and I am celebrating my first year in business. I am still a one man operation, so patience is always appreciated.
In other news, if these tariffs turn out to be true, price adjustments will be made as I order new parts. I tried to build up an inventory of parts, in case the worst happens. We shall see. Actions like this directly affect small businesses. I hand assemble in the USA, but most of the parts do come from China, if you wanted an all domestically sourced controller, the parts cost alone would be close to $200, if you can even find a supplier. Sorry to get too political, but the importer of goods pays the tariff, not the exporter and there is no way I can absorb the cost without changing prices. My net profit right now is ~12%. I do this more as a hobby than keep the lights on, but still, I need some profit to develop newer controllers.
That leads me to what’s on deck for 2025. I hope to test and release a True 16 way controller for the Intellevision and a crazy controller that will be compatible with Atari 2600, 5200, and the 7800.
Happy Gaming,
David Nelson
Owner/Operator
Cyberphreak Enterprises, LLC