Microsoft expects storage prices to double by fall 2027

Microsoft assumes that memory prices, which have recently risen massively, will continue to rise over the next year. By autumn 2027, for example, storage costs in the Xbox division are expected to double again.

Microsoft: Storage is expensive now, soon it will be much more expensive

Microsoft has as part of the Announcement of a drastic price increase For the first time, for its Xbox series game consoles, information was provided about how badly the US software company and its consumer products were affected by the memory crisis. According to the announcement of the price increase for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series As far as the upward trend is concerned, there was talk of a further doubling of the currently extremely high prices by autumn 2027.

No options to drive down storage prices

So far, the costs have already increased two and a half times, it was said, but as you can see, this is far from the end of the road. According to Microsoft, it had recently tried to work with various suppliers to explore ways in which price increases could be kept at a tolerable level. The fact that Microsoft is now saying that the already extremely high memory prices can be expected to double again by autumn 2027 indicates further price increases for many of the company’s products.

Most recently, the prices for the Surface series devices had already begun to be raised and they had also begun to offer “cheaper” models with RAM that had been halved to just eight gigabytes. The prospects expressed by the Xbox team of a further increase in memory prices over the next 12-18 months also diminish hope for affordable pricing on the next-generation Xbox, currently in development under the codename “Project Helix.”