… 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. …
Valve has announced a substantial price increase for its Steam Deck OLED models, citing "rising memory and storage costs" as the reason. …
… "While we wanted to prioritise a wide adoption, it was challenging to bear the rising costs over a long period," he added, alongside an apology to customers "for the considerable inconvenience and trouble this will cause". …
… These pressures are likely due to hardware shortages in the global market, triggered by the generative AI boom which has resulted in ample stress on component manufacturers. …
… Component shortages have already resulted in a delay for Valve's Steam Machines as the company grapples with memory and storage supplies. …
… "While uncertainties remain regarding future trends in component prices, we recognise that they could have an impact not only this year but next year as well. …
… As a reminder, Project Helix is expected to be impacted by the rising cost of memory and other components due to the ongoing shortage crisis, so it remains to be seen how Xbox will kick off a new generation under such circumstances and with player sentiment affected by all sorts of big issues: Beyo… …
… That analyst is Matthew Ball, who joins Xbox as chief strategy officer, The Game Business reports , and is reportedly tasked first and foremost with strengthening the console side of Xbox, especially in light of rising component costs. …
… Currently one Remote Raid Pass costs 100 PokéCoin , while three Remote Raid Passes costs 300 PokéCoins, which can either purchase using real world currency or earn by keeping Pokémon in Gyms. …