UK gamers face price rise on PS5 but not Switch
Gamers looking to buy a new console face a price rise if they want a Sony PlayStation 5, but not if they choose a Nintendo Switch.
Sony is increasing its console prices because of inflation, it says, but Nintendo says that despite rising costs, its prices will stay the same.Jensen Huang, chief executive of tech company Nvidia,"Our strategy is to sell in well below the current sell-through levels in the marketplace to give the channel an opportunity to correct," he said,
Piers Harding-Rolls, industry analyst at gaming research firm Ampere Analysis, told the BBC the lack of a price increase in the US was a result of the strength of the dollar.
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