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Sony has seen a lot of turbulence in the PS5 generation. The PS5 launched in November 2020 with limited stock during the pandemic due to chip shortages and global supply chain issues. These were resolved in January 2023, with Sony releasing its mid-gen refresh, the PS5 Pro, in November 2024. Then, in April 2026, Sony…

Anticipation for the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto 6 may be leading to the one thing some people feared most: console shortages. As people who have yet to upgrade to current-generation hardware rush to buy new consoles ahead of the game’s launch in November, we’re beginning to see supply chains, already strained by the…

The ongoing global PS5 Pro stock shortage will last beyond the holiday 2026 season, if a new rumor is to be believed. The console has been out of stock at major retailers and Sony‘s online storefront, PS Direct, with random inventory drops. A fresh report claims that Sony has communicated the supply constraint to its…

The Cryptoplinko editorial team watches digital entertainment markets closely, and the numbers coming out of the memory sector have been hard to ignore. A 16GB RAM chip that once sold for as little as $4.76 has climbed to nearly $60 as of June 2026, according to the WA Data Science Innovation Hub (WADSIH), and Valve’s…

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney projected that the gaming hardware supply shortage could continue for the next three years due to component demand from AI systems and data centers.

The graphics card shortage got the headlines. The RAM crisis got the memes. Now it is storage’s turn. NAND flash prices have roughly doubled since late 2025, and the fallout is landing on the same people who already absorbed higher GPU and DRAM bills this year: PC gamers building new rigs, console owners eyeing expansion…

Valve’s Steam Machine went on sale June 29 at $1,049, roughly $300 to $350 more than the company had reportedly targeted before a global memory shortage forced its hand. That price tag was not an isolated event. Since the start of 2026, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, MSI, and Asus have each raised prices on gaming hardware,…

Valve engineers warn that the AI boom is swallowing up the global chip supply, meaning high hardware prices are here to stay until at least 2027.