… It's also worth noting that Saros , the PlayStation exclusive released on 30 April, does not appear to have helped Sony's hardware fortunes. Unfortunately for the platform holder, Saros has not performed anywhere near well enough at launch to be able to push hardware sales. …
… The executive didn't offer a clear answer, but he did intimate that the days of subsidised console hardware are over. "As a principle, we do not intend to sell hardware at significant losses," he said. …
Just yesterday, we heard that Nvidia GPUs are to see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent , as the hunger for generative AI hardware worsens the component crisis and sky-rocketing costs for computing hardware continues. …
… Microsoft hasn't revealed prices for either bits of anniversary edition hardware yet, but we do know they'll be launching this November. …
… Here's the company's statement in full: "We're aware that Crimson Desert currently doesn't launch on systems with Intel GPUs and we're hugely disappointed that players using Intel graphics hardware can't jump into the world of Pywel at launch. …
… This is just how long it's taken to get everything ready from a hardware, firmware, software standpoint, as well as building up enough launch quantity and getting it to all of the warehouses around the world so that we can have a good launch quantity on ship day." Valve's Steam Controller revival h… …
… That said, a near-$1,000 launch price for a new console would be a historically high price for PlayStation, but it's increasingly becoming the acceptable entry point today due to the ongoing, AI-driven RAM and storage shortages. …
… "AI is fundamentally changing a lot of things" -Asha Sharma Indeed, Microsoft raised the price of Xbox consoles again earlier this month, pushing a 512GB Xbox Series S to £430 which launched at £250 , and an 1TB disc-drive Xbox Series X to £670 which launched at £450 . …
… Given the diminishing returns of new hardware these days - and the influx of new PS5 users via GTA 6 - it's not as much of an issue as it was for the PS4-to-PS5 transition," Elliot says. …
… Recently, an Epic Games Store database leak revealed a whole host of add-ons the game is set to receive , alongside different versions it will launch with. …
