i'm going to screw over my own wish by saying the following: even before the current AI situation with material costs, the next console generation was going to jump in price a fair bit. process shrinks aren't yielding cost savings like they used to. the ps5 pro was a canary in 2024.
Arthur Gies (he/him)
last week i wrote up a sort of explainer breaking down 1) why video game consoles are so expensive (it's not just RAM/storage), 2) the likelihood of price reductions (0% through 2027), and 3) second order effects (console shortages/zero stock/grey market gouging). www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Video game consoles are more expensive than ever, right as they should be getting cheaper. AI and tariffs are partly to blame.
