Sony’s PS5 sales plummet amid price rises and a memory crisis
… Sony blamed “continued pressures in the global economic landscape,” for the price hikes in March, amid an ongoing memory crisis and pressure from the war in Iran. …
… Sony blamed “continued pressures in the global economic landscape,” for the price hikes in March, amid an ongoing memory crisis and pressure from the war in Iran. …
… IDC also said the notebook is helping keep some lower-cost options available, easing part of the price pressure affecting the industry. Higher PC prices are likely to persist IDC expects average PC selling prices to climb 17% in 2026 as memory shortages continue to push costs higher. …
… The competitive pressure from the MacBook Neo is providing a partial offset to broader price increases, keeping some low-cost notebook options alive, though the overall average selling price trajectory remains firmly upward. …
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… Flexible OLED smartphone panels are expected to remain flat YoY, revised down from the previous 2% growth forecast, while rigid OLED smartphone panels are expected to decline 15% YoY versus the prior forecast for flat growth.” As for OLED notebook PCs, Counterpoint expects Apple’s reportedly upcomi… …
… As for Apple, TrendForce echoed the notion that the company is better positioned to handle these pressures thanks to its reduced reliance on external suppliers, along with long-term partnerships and supply agreements: Apple has recently introduced a lower-priced model, the MacBook Neo. …
… The forecast 12 percent drop in PC shipments, however, is based on an expected minimum 60 percent rise in memory and storage prices during the first quarter, with the hope that subsequent increases throughout 2026 will moderate as pressure eases. …
… Right no queue, Dell this week unveiled its lightest XPS 13 laptop ever , which incorporates Wildcat Lake with a starting price of $599 for students, and $699 for everyone else. That's the same price as the MacBook Neo with 8GB of unified memory and 512GB of storage, specs that the XPS 13 matches. …
… Ultimately, these premiums are trickling down the value chain, intensifying the pricing pressure of PCs on the end-users." Before the Peace President's latest foreign adventure kicked off, analysts had already noted that prices for some types of memory have doubled or quadrupled since last year , a… …
… However, we expect price increases to continue, and from this fiscal year onward we believe they will gradually become a factor putting pressure on hardware profitability. …