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Thursday 29 August 2024
Sony announces 20% price hike for PS5 and accessories due to rising component costs
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced a 20% price increase for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and its accessories due to escalating costs of components such as semiconductors...
Thursday 11 April 2024
PC and console gaming market stagnates as playtime reduces and consolidates on a few older titles
PC and console gaming revenue growth continues to stagnate and remain below pre-pandemic levels as players record fewer hours of playtime and have consolidated said playtime into...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
No winners in post-pandemic gaming market as industry-wide struggles continue
The three major gaming console manufacturers, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, have seen their gaming businesses face numerous challenges in the post-pandemic era. One of the contributing...
Monday 11 March 2024
AMD CTO: AMD-supported gaming consoles will welcome AI upgrade
AI upgrades will be deployed in AMD-supported gaming consoles starting in 2024, including the yet-to-be-revealed PlayStation 5 Pro (PS5 Pro) and PlayStation 6 (PS6). In an interview,...
Friday 1 March 2024
Sony's gaming business to lay off 8% of employees amidst weak PS5 sales
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the gaming subsidiary under the Sony Group, announced that it will lay off 900 employees, around 8% of SIE's total staff. The main reasons include...
Thursday 11 January 2024
MSI to launch handheld gaming console series 'Claw'
Micro-Star International (MSI) recently announced the launch of its handheld gaming console series "MSI Claw" to compete with Asustek's (Asus') "ROG Ally," introduced in mid-2023...
Tuesday 19 December 2023
Gaming to play crucial role in smartphone and PC momentum for 2024
The momentum driving the demand growth for hardware end devices such as PCs and smartphones in 2024 won't be limited to AI. While consumer electronic sales struggled in 2023, the...
Wednesday 29 November 2023
Steam Deck shift to SDC for OLED panel supply, likely due to BOE patent controversy
Samsung Display (SDC) recently started supplying OLED panels to US video game company Valve, the developer behind the video game distribution platform and storefront "Steam." With...
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Microsoft ignites new competition in gaming industry with leaks on competitors and acquisition of Activision Blizzard
From the perspective of the component and end-device market, 2023 has not been a very good year for the tech industry, However, for software giant Microsoft, the emergence of AI has...
Friday 14 July 2023
Next version of Sony's PS5 is on the horizon, according to report from primary competitor Microsoft
It has been nearly three years since Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) console began its sales in November 2020. There have been repeated rumors from the semiconductor-related supply chain,...
Friday 11 November 2022
Nintendo Switch sales turn weak, FY2022 shipment downgraded to 19 million units
In its latest financial predictions, Nintendo stated that in fiscal year 2022 (April 2022 to March 2023), the shipment estimates for the Switch series consoles have been downgraded...
Thursday 25 August 2022
Is the pandemic-driven demand for game consoles fading away?
The stay-at-home economy that has been robust for more than two years is starting to fade as the pandemic gradually slows down. The three major game console brands, Sony, Microsoft...
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Top-3 game console vendors show mixed sales amid chip shortages
The world's three leading game console vendors Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have shown mixed sales results amid the supply crunch of some basic chips and components.
Thursday 6 May 2021
Suppliers to gear up for PS5 redesign
Suppliers including foundry TSMC are expected to kick off production for the redesign of Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) games console between the second and third quarters of 2022, according...
Monday 19 April 2021
Game consoles sales booming in Taiwan
Sales of gaming consoles in the Taiwan market have been brisk in the first half of 2021, spurred mainly by stay-at-home economic activities and the release of the next-generation...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research