… The main drivers of the pressure to raise prices continue to be tariffs, which Nintendo is suing the Trump government over, as well as the AI-fueled shortage of RAM and other PC components. “We’ve seen inflation being a problem for a while now,” Sean continued. “Tariffs are a more recent nuisance, … …
… But as Sony calls it, “continued pressure in the global economic landscape” has flipped this all upside-down. This is code, of course, for Trump’s tariffs destabilizing entire economies while the gruesome AI bubble consumes all the available RAM and GPU. …
… He goes on to address the ethical concerns of AI, saying that models lifting from artists and voice actors without their permission is “immoral,” and that he’s more interested in the “points of tedium” AI could help alleviate, rather than some pie-in-the-sky fantasy of a game development studio run… …
… Nintendo has since filed a lawsuit against the United States government over the matter . But the bigger factor in the ongoing gaming cost crisis is likely a shortage of components driven by the AI hyperscaling race. …
… By Ethan Gach Published May 13, 2026 PlayStation 3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It With AI Code Pull Requests The team behind RPCS3 suggests that vibe-coders "learn how to debug and code" instead of "generating slop that you don't understand" By Lewis Parker Published May 10…
… Oshry and Dusk developer David Szymanski have been pushing for the furor to go beyond online outrage and upvoted dunks and spark a boycott of Nvidia that will actually pressure it to back off of bringing the generative AI arms race to gaming. “We as developers and players need to push back against … …
… The graphics arms race continues This is the same AI technology, by the way, that is currently making console gaming less affordable than ever. Sony recently hiked the price of the PS5 by $100 due to ongoing economic pressures, including AI-fueled shortages of RAM and other PC components. …
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… RAMageddon comes for phones and laptops The AI-fueled shortage is leading Samsung to hike the price of its Galaxy smartphones and tablets by up to $100 . It’s not alone. Microsoft is also feeling the pressure. …
… He remains “open to exploring those possibilities proactively.” Control 2 only cost an estimated $50 million and Remedy wants to keep it that way “The team and the studio has done excellent work to stay on track. …