However, in response to the latest rumors of price increases, TSMC remains non-committal.

Taiwan media said that the recent industry rumors again TSMC will still maintain the direction of next year’s price increase, the rate of 3% jump, the mature process up to 6%, and the previous rumors in May is probably the same, the rate of increase than the initial advanced process up 6-8%, the mature process up 8-9% slightly converge, reflecting TSMC customers and its communication after the compromise program, part of the process increase still has a certain degree of convergence, only individual customer situation still has Differences.

TSMC 2021 for the first time to cancel the price discount 2-3% measures, at the time was interpreted as a disguised price increase. 2022 also continued to reflect the rising costs, TSMC customers have been rumored in May this year, TSMC notice 2023 from the full increase in wafer foundry offer an average increase of about 6%, covering a variety of processes, an unprecedented two price increases in a year.

However, the industry also believes that TSMC 2023 each process average rumored price increase of 3% is still a mild increase.

According to the data released by TSMC, the second quarter of this year’s revenue of $18.16 billion, in line with the company’s expectations of $17.6-18.2 billion range, an annual increase of 36.6%, an increase of 3.4% from the previous year. Due to favorable exchange rates and product mix (HPC and IoT) factors, Q2 gross margin was 59.1%, exceeding the company’s expectation of 56-58%, and operating margin was 49.1%, exceeding the company’s expectation of 45-47%.

TSMC also gave an optimistic third-quarter earnings outlook, advanced process will play into the performance growth driver, is expected to reach $19.8 billion to $20.6 billion in quarterly revenue; to the median value of $20.2 billion, will increase by about 11% quarterly, better than market expectations. TSMC President Wei Zhejia said TSMC’s revenue is expected to grow 35% this year, better than the previous estimate of 30%.

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In the statement, Nintendo said that, as previously stated at the 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, although some countries are currently experiencing inflation or rising purchasing costs, Nintendo has no intention of raising hardware prices and will continue to prudently determine its future pricing strategy.

Meanwhile, while the final consumer arrival price is determined by the retailer, there is absolutely no intention, at least on Nintendo’s part, to raise the transaction price of the hardware.

This statement was made public, meaning that Sony became the only manufacturer in the game console “Royal Family” that chose to raise the price, which will certainly have an impact on the sales of PS5.

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According to Windows Central, a statement released by Microsoft has confirmed that there are no plans to raise the price of the Xbox and that its suggested retail price will remain the same regardless of the currency straight.

"We are constantly evaluating the business to provide our fans with great gaming options. the Xbox Series S MSRP remains at $299 (£250, €300) and the Xbox Series X at $499 (£450, €500)."

It is important to note that Microsoft says it has no plans to increase prices at this time, but that does not mean that prices will not increase in the future. This is likely to be a short-term guarantee.

Sony said the difficult decision was made in response to “the current global economic environment and its impact on the SIE business”. The company cited high global inflation and unfavorable currency trends as the reasons behind the move, but stressed that it will continue to address supply chain issues so that more gamers have access to its latest consoles.

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Dan Ives further stated in a study, “While the standard iPhone price will remain the same, we think the iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max price could go up $100 due to higher component prices and the new features added to this version.”

Last week, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that iPhone 14 Pro models will “increase in price,” suggesting that they will be more expensive than iPhone 13 Pro models. Kuo didn’t reveal exact pricing, but he did say that the entire iPhone 14 lineup, including the standard model, will cost about 15 percent more on average overall.

In the U.S., the iPhone 13 Pro starts at $999 and the iPhone 13 Pro Max starts at $1099. Dan Ives said the price increase is due in part to higher component prices and the addition of new features/functionality.

The iPhone 14 Pro model has a new “pill + single punch” screen to replace the bangs notch screen, a faster A16 chip, faster memory, an upgraded 48-megapixel rear camera, support for 8K video recording, and an AOD screen display that shows the time and date. New lock screen widget and new status bar battery percentage icon for iOS 16.

The iPhone 14 Pro could start with 256GB of storage, which could help soften the blow of higher prices, but one analyst thinks a 128GB start is still a possibility.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple plans to hold its first fall launch event on Wednesday, Sept. 7 (expected early Sept. 8 BST). The event will focus on the launch of the iPhone 14 series models and the Apple Watch Series 8.

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Meta’s augmented and virtual reality division, Reality Labs, has become a top priority in the company’s business shift to the metaverse. The division reported an operating loss of $10.2 billion in 2021. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said investments in virtual reality and augmented reality will result in “significant” losses early on.

These losses become more apparent when considering the impact of the broader economic slowdown. Meta has been forced to cut costs, including staff hiring, in response to record U.S. inflation and supply chain constraints under the epidemic. These challenges impacted Meta’s largest source of revenue – online advertising spending.

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