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PS6 could cost over $1,000 as AI drives up component prices
Original: 📰 PS6 Price Tag Facing $1,000+ Nightmare as AI Data Centres Send Component Costs Soaring And it could get worse yet.In a
Analysts warn Sony's next PlayStation may launch above $1,000 because AI data centres are hoovering up memory and computing components, driving prices sharply higher. Commentators say demand from AI infrastructure has upended the usual console economics, and warn the situation could worsen before the PS6 arrives, leaving hopes for an affordable launch price dwindling.
Why now: AI's huge demand for chips and memory is raising hardware costs, making gamers worry the next console will be far more expensive.
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- 📰 PS6 Price Tag Facing $1,000+ Nightmare as AI Data Centres Send Component Costs Soaring And it could get worse yet.In an impossible economy, upended by AI’s stranglehold on computing components, all hopes of the PS6 launching at a palatable price point appear to be dwindling… · feed@igeek.gamer-geek-news.com
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