That's BS IMO, since these pieces are only possible during heavy subsidiary from governments and investors.

And AI is not making money, not causing rise in efficiency, and only rise prices for both consumers and corporations.

#Hardware@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

And here's the second side of why it will not work: since prices are slowing down the whole damn economy, they are going to be treated as illegal and artificial and companies will either be fined or lower them back.

#Hardware@GameDEV
#Legal@GameDEV
#Laws@GameDEV

And the economy effect of AI is still negative on all sides including its advocates, only NVIDIA made some money eventually, but everyone else lost:

https://isaiprofitable.com/
#AI@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV

This one never gets old

#meme@GameDEV
#Nintendo@GameDEV

Analytics suggested that PlayStation and XBOX preorders of GTA VI are measured as 8-to-1, so Microsoft got angry about these reports and said that affiliate clicks on a very limited number of platforms do not represent the whole picture — they are having the record-breaking preorders and will share the data when it will be possible.

It's also estimated that the game already sold tens of millions of copies in just a few days. Before physical copies, before gameplay trailers, and before any proof that it's worthy.

#GTA@GameDEV
#XBOX@GameDEV

Remember the passionate engineer who wanted to make the GPU that will be faster in Ray Tracing than the 5090? He actually did it, kinda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fZM9wOvbh0
#Hardware@GameDEV
#Nvidia@GameDEV

#Animations@GameDEV
#2DArt@GameDEV

Yeah 🫡

#meme@GameDEV

>The only gamedev company at Microsoft that made anything good (id Software) in the last years is at risk
>Compulsion games are all but confirmed to be a major target
>Sources told Broussard that developers not assigned to Fallout or The Elder Scrolls are not considered safe
>id Software Job Listings Vanish From ZeniMax Careers Portal


https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318653/20260618/zenimax-layoffs-begin-id-software-doom-developers-face-xbox-reset-cuts.htm

The official Highguard YouTube channel has deleted all of their videos.

No worries, I have a backup! 😎

(more in the comments)

DBrand (a famous accessories company) announced their companion cube mod for Steam Machines. And it received the best preorders ever... to be taken down in a few hours when Valve figured out.

They are not against the accessories but DBrand never warned them about Companion Cube usage and it's their IP. Its design, name, and such are Valve's property.

DBrand tried to negotiate and Valve insisted that due to the initial illegal usage they now can't allow it even if certain deal would be proposed.

#Valve@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV
#Fail@GameDEV

The overview of the mod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl22MeYX1D8

Microsoft is losing 18% of its market value this month. The reason: AI spendings are not even remotely paying off and despite that going to grow even further. Investors don't believe that the revenue in that area as sustainable and so they are mostly focused on the upcoming loss.

All major tech giants will spend over $700B on AI infrastructure in 2026 alone, their available cash and dividends are shrinking radically.

#AI@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV
#Finance@GameDEV

Undead Labs (State of Decay) is also set for sale or closure, apparently. The workers of XBOX are unionized in many cases but it seemingly not helping much.

At the least, hundreds of jobs are at stake. Double Fine Productions could lose 100 jobs if it is shut down. Undead Labs could lose 110 jobs. Compulsion could lose 90 jobs, and Ninja Theory could lose 135 jobs. All told, that’s about 435 jobs that could be lost.

It's expected that the total number across XBOX will be over 1000 people this time in addition to thousands fired in the last couple of years.

#XBOX@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV
#LayOffs@GameDEV