https://www.gamesindustry.biz/analyst-game-console-shipments-expected-to-decline-195-to-339m-units-in-2026>Game console shipments are expected to fall 19.5% this year to 33.9 million units, according to new analyst data.>A report from S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan attributes this decline to higher console prices, implemented to address the ongoing RAM and storage crisis, which is making consoles less affordable for consumers.>This decline reverses the gains following last year's Nintendo Switch 2 launch, which had increased global console shipments by 13.5% to 42.1 million units.>"For now, the market faces a compounding problem: hardware that is either too old or too expensive for the median consumer, a software slate that is thin outside a handful of tentpole releases, and a macro environment that keeps any meaningful price relief off the table."Consolebros...it's over...
