Mobile Industry / June 28, 2026
Hardware price pressure hits mobile and games markets
PocketGamer.biz’s Week in Views connects rising memory/storage costs to higher device prices, including iPad and Xbox price increases.
Hardware prices are becoming a real problem for mobile and games. PocketGamer.biz’s Week in Views ties rising memory and storage costs to higher iPad and Xbox prices, and asks the uncomfortable question: how much can consumers take before the upgrade cycle starts coughing? AI may be booming, but wallets are not infinite power sources.
