trunkswd said:
Unless there is another price hike I agree there shouldn't be such a dramatic drop this year. 2026 is the 25th anniversary of Xbox and all the big 1st-party IPs from Xbox Game Studios will be getting a new release - Halo Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day, Fable, and Forza Horizon 6. As of right now we know Halo will be available on PS5 day one, while Forza will release on PS5 sometime post-launch. No word yet on Gears or Fable on PS5. If the report of Microsoft moving at least some Xbox production from China to Vietnam is true that will mean lower tariffs on Xbox consoles sold in the US. So maybe we will get either a price drop or temporary discounts later this year. That is if the increase in RAM prices aren't to the point of offsetting lower tariffs. |
MLID claimed MS didn't get ram early and couldn't stockpile/lock in big buys in time.
So a price increase because of doubling or more of ram prices, for xbox use, is likely to happen.
Meanwhile supposedly Sony has like a years worth of their needs, stockpiled ready to use (rumor).
There were rumors of people being fired, who were responsible for procurement of ram chip supplies, or ones that failed to make deals for production.
People storming out of meetings in anger because they couldn't convince sellers and such.
So even if some parts become cheaper, due to lesser self inflicted wounds (tariffs)....
the costs of those parts are likely peanuts compared to the ram/ssd cost increases.
"So maybe we will get either a price drop or temporary discounts later this year."
That is highly unlikely, imo.
