NVIDIA GPU Prices Spike 41% in Japan, US Next? [2026]

A photo taken inside a Tokyo computer store has turned into the clearest data point yet on how the global memory chip shortage is reshaping graphics card prices. Retail listings for Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50-series cards in Japan are running as much as 41.1% above comparable Amazon U.S. prices, according to an October 14, 2026 report from Tom’s Hardware. The gap is not a one-off anomaly. It lines up with similar price spikes already reported in South Korea and China, and with a memory-chip crunch that research firms say is still accelerating heading into 2026’s final quarter.

For PC gamers watching GPU prices, the Japan data matters less because of the yen-to-dollar math and more because of what it signals. Pricing…