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*[[Microsoft]] announcing, on 25 June 2026, a significant price increase for its [[Xbox]] {{Wplink|Xbox Series X and Series S|Series X and Series S}} console for a third time that will take effect on 1 August 2026. The prior two increases occurred in May and October 2025. Microsoft stated that ''""console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027"''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tweedie |first=Steven |title=Microsoft is raising Xbox prices yet again due to the memory shortage — this time by $100-$150 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-xbox-price-increase-series-x-2026-6 |website=Business Insider |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/PVCQh |archive-date=30 Jun 2026}}</ref> In an earlier blog post from 10 June 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Executive Vice President Matt Booty had bluntly wrote that ''"We are in a hardware component crisis."''<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Asha |last2=Booty |first1=Matt |title=Next 100 Days: XBOX Reset |url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/10/next-100-days-xbox-reset/#:~:text=We%20are%20in%20a%20hardware%20component%20crisis%2E |website=[[Xbox]] |date=10 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260610212542/https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/10/next-100-days-xbox-reset/ |archive-date=10 Jun 2026}}</ref> | *[[Microsoft]] announcing, on 25 June 2026, a significant price increase for its [[Xbox]] {{Wplink|Xbox Series X and Series S|Series X and Series S}} console for a third time that will take effect on 1 August 2026. The prior two increases occurred in May and October 2025. Microsoft stated that ''""console storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027"''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tweedie |first=Steven |title=Microsoft is raising Xbox prices yet again due to the memory shortage — this time by $100-$150 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-xbox-price-increase-series-x-2026-6 |website=Business Insider |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/PVCQh |archive-date=30 Jun 2026}}</ref> In an earlier blog post from 10 June 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Executive Vice President Matt Booty had bluntly wrote that ''"We are in a hardware component crisis."''<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Asha |last2=Booty |first1=Matt |title=Next 100 Days: XBOX Reset |url=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/10/next-100-days-xbox-reset/#:~:text=We%20are%20in%20a%20hardware%20component%20crisis%2E |website=[[Xbox]] |date=10 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260610212542/https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/10/next-100-days-xbox-reset/ |archive-date=10 Jun 2026}}</ref> | ||
*Valve's highly-anticipated 2026 Steam Machine PC-console hybrid having been intended to debut at $750 USD,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coulson |first=Josh |title=Steam Machine Originally Believed To Have Cost $750 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/steam-machine-original-price/ |website=TheGamer |date=23 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260630043526/https://www.thegamer.com/steam-machine-original-price/ |archive-date=30 Jun 2026}}</ref> but the company was forced to drastically increase | *Valve's highly-anticipated 2026 Steam Machine PC-console hybrid having been intended to debut at $750 USD,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coulson |first=Josh |title=Steam Machine Originally Believed To Have Cost $750 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/steam-machine-original-price/ |website=TheGamer |date=23 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260630043526/https://www.thegamer.com/steam-machine-original-price/ |archive-date=30 Jun 2026}}</ref> but the company was forced to drastically increase the price — to over $1000 USD for the base version — owing to the RAM shortage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zwiezen |first=Zack |title=Valve Says The Companies Making RAM Give Them A Price And If They Say No, They ‘Never Talk To Us Again’ |url=https://kotaku.com/valve-says-the-companies-making-ram-give-them-a-price-and-if-they-say-no-they-never-talk-to-us-again-2000709575 |website=Kotaku |date=23 Jun 2026 |access-date=29 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260623212534/https://kotaku.com/valve-says-the-companies-making-ram-give-them-a-price-and-if-they-say-no-they-never-talk-to-us-again-2000709575 |archive-date=23 Jun 2026}}</ref> | ||
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