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AI CHIP DEMAND PUSHES GAMING CONSOLE PRICES UP
Sony and Microsoft are raising console prices instead of lowering them as hardware ages, bucking decades of industry tradition. The shift stems from fierce competition for memory chips and factory capacity driven by AI datacenter demand.
The Guardian — Technology+0m
AI datacentres, memory scarcity and factory capacity are costing consumers –and console makers • Don’t get Pushing Butto…