▲ 350 ▼ Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2, blaming 'market conditions' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 3 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments A $50 increase in the US. Further increases rolling out in Japan, Europe, and Canada.
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 19 points 3 months ago (1 child) Market conditions: Xbox and Sony already did it in anticipation of GTA 6 permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 child) In response to component price increases. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works -9 points 3 months ago (3 children) That's what they claim, of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 25 points 3 months ago RAM and HDD and SSD prices have like quadrupled in the last year because datacenters have bought up future production going out a few years. So, yeah... That's exactly what's going on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago It's extremely easy to see that that's what's going on, if you've tried buying your own memory or storage lately. They'd love to lower the prices of their hardware, all three of these console manufacturers, so that you end up spending more in their high-margin ecosystem, but this is the reality of the situation. Too many companies are bidding on the same parts right now, at least until the AI bubble fully pops. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago Component prices have increased though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 child) In response to component price increases. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works -9 points 3 months ago (3 children) That's what they claim, of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 25 points 3 months ago RAM and HDD and SSD prices have like quadrupled in the last year because datacenters have bought up future production going out a few years. So, yeah... That's exactly what's going on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago It's extremely easy to see that that's what's going on, if you've tried buying your own memory or storage lately. They'd love to lower the prices of their hardware, all three of these console manufacturers, so that you end up spending more in their high-margin ecosystem, but this is the reality of the situation. Too many companies are bidding on the same parts right now, at least until the AI bubble fully pops. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago Component prices have increased though. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works -9 points 3 months ago (3 children) That's what they claim, of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 25 points 3 months ago RAM and HDD and SSD prices have like quadrupled in the last year because datacenters have bought up future production going out a few years. So, yeah... That's exactly what's going on. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago It's extremely easy to see that that's what's going on, if you've tried buying your own memory or storage lately. They'd love to lower the prices of their hardware, all three of these console manufacturers, so that you end up spending more in their high-margin ecosystem, but this is the reality of the situation. Too many companies are bidding on the same parts right now, at least until the AI bubble fully pops. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago Component prices have increased though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 25 points 3 months ago RAM and HDD and SSD prices have like quadrupled in the last year because datacenters have bought up future production going out a few years. So, yeah... That's exactly what's going on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago It's extremely easy to see that that's what's going on, if you've tried buying your own memory or storage lately. They'd love to lower the prices of their hardware, all three of these console manufacturers, so that you end up spending more in their high-margin ecosystem, but this is the reality of the situation. Too many companies are bidding on the same parts right now, at least until the AI bubble fully pops. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago Component prices have increased though. permalink fedilink source parent