Tuesday, May 19th 2026 PlayStation Plus Price Hike Sees New Subscribers Pay Up To 12% More by Cpt.Jank Today, 01:23 Discuss 3 Comments Following a price hike on every version of the current PlayStation hardware in late March 2026, Sony has officially announced that the price of PlayStation Plus wil… …
… Valve has previously said that it would not be pricing the Steam Machine as aggressively as it had priced the Steam Deck initially, but it may be reconsidering that approach if Steam Machine production units start piling up and hardware prices continue to increase. …
… Between the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Nintendo reported hardware sales of 23 million units for the same period. The Switch 2 price increase has been expected since January 2026, thanks to rising DRAM and BOM costs across the board . …
… It's unclear where the drastic price increase comes from, but some of it can likely be explained by the low volume Framework has to contend with, and some of it can be attributed to the ongoing DRAM crisis wracking the PC hardware market. …
… Elgato continued to build momentum across both hardware and software. …
… Interestingly, HDDs contain almost no silicon for storage purposes, so their significant price increases are a supply chain issue unrelated to the semiconductor industry. …
… If you recall, the 245K launched at $310, and price cuts over the year saw it settle down to $200. The new Core Ultra Series 2 Plus refresh not only increases clock speeds but also boosts CPU core counts and L3 cache sizes across the two SKUs. …
… This entire process is implemented directly in hardware rather than firmware, ensuring extremely low latency. …
… However, this also raises the price to $2,169. Meanwhile, the larger Dell 16S starts with similar hardware but expands to a 16-inch chassis and optional 2.8K OLED touch display variants. …