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… 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. …
… 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. …
… 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. …
… This lends further credence to 2028 as the new target, and looking at when consoles have launched historically, the smart money is on autumn of 2028. …
… It's also the primary reason why year-on-year hardware spend has risen by more than a third. Otherwise, the news is dire. Onto the bad news, then. …
… Hardware - even old hardware - is getting more expensive every year , and if upcoming consoles can launch without a disc drive could lower the price of what's looking to be an exceptionally costly generation , that may be a good thing overall. …
… "Totoki said the company still hasn't fixed a date for PS6's launch," summarised the Wall Street Journal. …
… The exec closed by saying that when Xbox announces the release date of a game, it will also announce its launch platforms. "We're going to make the right decision, not the fast decision," Booty stressed, echoing similar words made by Xbox's newly-appointed CEO Asha Sharma. …