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As Xbox and PlayStation sales reach new lows, analyst says the "US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s"
PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are more expensive than ever in most markets, thanks largely to memory components being gobbled up by AI data centres.
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PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are now pricier than ever across most markets because memory chips are being diverted to AI data centres. Analyst Mat Piscatella warns that the U.S. console market is in its most precarious state since the early 1980s, a period that coincided with a major industry collapse. He attributes the current downturn primarily to the shortage of memory components driving up console costs.
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