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Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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It's going to be interesting to see how this affects market expansion to, as you mentioned, audience that currently don't have rigs or consoles.
Im in this thread's op shoes: My PS5 is still rolling and so is my Switch that I've bought during COVID. Even my shitty laptop plays the strategy game Remakes that I would rather play there. I've got backlogs on all these devices, on PS5 even some physical ones. They could stop making games and I'd have enough to do for a while. So if you're in that kind of position right now you wouldn't notice the price increase. However, if you're now entering the market it's obviously bad timing, especially in PC gaming.
I just hope they're not pumping out a new PlayStation anytime soon. Let's get some more well optimized games there instead.