… As reported by CNBC , Cook recently took part in the company's earnings call, where he told analysts Apple had faced "supply constraints" in the last quarter. "We believe memory costs will drive an increasing impact on our business,” Cook said, adding the company will "continue to evaluate this". …
… "Memory costs will impact pricing, will impact availability," she replied. …
… Said Dring: "You've got rapidly rising cost-of-living challenges driven further by the war in Iran, mixed with costly component prices impacting the pricing of these machines. …
… Sharma has hinted at the memory cost problem and its impact on the upcoming Xbox Helix console , and it leaked internal memos spoken about how Game Pass had gotten too expensive for players. …
… "If the increase in costs were seen as something temporary that would subside relatively soon, then we could have pursued other options, such as working to improve productivity and expand the installed base while maintaining hardware prices," said Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa in an earnings… …
… Apple expects supply issues to continue into the foreseeable future , and new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has hinted that memory costs could impact pricing and availability of next-gen consoles . …
… We need to do more, but there are constraints here." The elephant in the room here is the generative AI boom and its impact on hardware prices . …
Sony has revealed that it has not yet decided on a launch time for the PlayStation 6 console, nor how much it will cost at retail, due to the impact of rising memory costs and other economic factors. …
… And that's without factoring in the dramatic impact AI is having on the consumer hardware industry , as tech giants' rush to build new AI datacentres sends RAM and storage prices - and the cost of hardware that requires them - soaring. …
… Aldehayyat agreed and said: "That's sort of a rough estimate of what that would have been." For reference, the 512GB OLED Steam Deck costs £649, and the 1TB OLED Steam Deck costs £779. …