… AI is consuming the world's hardware for dedicated data centers, etc., straining other electronic markets, particularly gaming hardware, as components within those devices become scarcer as manufacturers shift to making components for AI-specific hardware. …
… This is still a standard XBOX Series X, so you're paying for the look, not a hardware bump. …
… Market research firm Circana has published its US video game hardware data for May 2026, and the console market just had one of its worst months in living memory. Xbox hardware unit sales in May 2026 were the lowest ever recorded for any May month. …
… Platform holders and manufacturers run on long-term supply contracts and inventory buffers that initially shielded retail pricing. …
… "Xbox hardware revenue decreased 33% driven by lower volume of consoles sold," Microsoft's latest 10Q report said. …
… The only problem is that skyrocketing prices for memory and storage are making things difficult for Xbox and others to deliver both affordable and readily available console hardware. …
… Read more : Xbox confirms hardware costs are exploding, and that's bad news for the next Xbox and PS6 3 "We are in a hardware component crisis," Sharma said in the memo. …
… Jason Ronald, VP of Next Generation at Xbox, described it as delivering an order-of-magnitude improvement over current console hardware. …
… With Helix, Microsoft appears to be pursuing that even further, doubling down on first-party hardware while simultaneously redefining what that hardware actually is when building an Xbox console. …
… On the plus side, since the specs don't mention DLSS, FSR, or XeSS, these technologies could boost performance on lower-tier hardware while also lowering the barrier to entry for playing with the recommended settings. Here's a breakdown of Halo: Campaign Evolved's PC Hardware Requirements. …