The chip crisis is also coming nvidia shieldwith the company he found he had to make raise price del set-top box in conspicuous way As for the Pro model, it is the only one still in production and on the market.
In the United States, the price increased by $100, from the current $200 to $300, one of the largest and most sudden increases in recent memory, at least relative to the initial and overall cost of the device.
In Italy, NVIDIA Shield Pro is available via €220 to €300an increase of 80 euros, which seems to be less than the previous cost (more than the cost in the United States), but still very considerable. Meanwhile, NVIDIA confirmed that the base model is no longer in production, which is why it disappeared from stores.
Equipment that is almost impossible to obtain
The problem is, especially in the Italian market, that the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro almost impossible to obtainhas been out of stock on the official website for some time, and is also out of stock at more well-known retailers, without any information on possible restocks.
In fact, considering that the NVIDIA Shield seems to have been absent from the Italian market for a few years, and the device itself hasn’t actually been updated in about seven years, the price increase probably won’t be that huge.
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Regardless, NVIDIA will continue to support the Shield and provide regular software updates in the meantime, and the device remains an excellent solution for high-end TV top-boxes.
However, it’s emblematic of the situation when even a product based on hardware that’s neither the latest nor particularly performant suffers this type of price increase after a few years.
Just in the last few days, by the way, Micron’s CEO also confirmed that the memory crisis will last until 2027 and that there will be other price increases.