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Xbox Says It Isn't Retreating as Hardware Crisis Forces a Rethink of the Console | Invision Game
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma stated that the company is not retreating from the hardware market but is rethinking its strategy due to a global hardware crisis. Microsoft is focusing on affordability and efficiency for future hardware, expanding the Xbox ecosystem beyond consoles to reach a billion players daily across PC, cloud, and mobile.
The hardware crisis has hit a new low: We're now using rats for RAM
Frictional Games has released a gameplay reveal trailer for their upcoming title, Ontos. The trailer showcases a near-future setting where a severe hardware crisis has led to the development of 'rat computers' for processing power. The game is set to release next year and explores themes of desperation and experimentation in the face of technological scarcity.
Nvidia GPUs see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the generative AI hardware crisis worsens
Nvidia has implemented a third price hike on its GPUs this year, with increases ranging from 20 to 30 percent, affecting a wider range of its products. This surge is driven by the high demand for hardware in the generative AI sector. The rising costs are also impacting other components like Samsung's DRAM and have led to price increases for consoles such as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Xbox boss Asha Sharma pins layoffs on Phil Spencer's regime spreading the company "too thin", while claiming a "a healthy Xbox" could weather the RAM storm
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma attributes recent layoffs and studio closures to a strategy of spreading resources too thin under Phil Spencer's leadership. Sharma suggested that a healthier Xbox would have been better equipped to handle the current hardware crisis, implying that the company's current struggles are a direct result of past strategic decisions.
