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Crash 2.0: AI, hardware shortages and skyrocketing budgets upend game development

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Source: GamesIndustry.biz
Crash 2.0: AI, hardware shortages and skyrocketing budgets upend game development
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Industry leaders warn of 'Crash 2.0' as AI-driven data-center expansion drives up component costs, RAM/storage prices surge, and AAA budgets balloon, pushing studios toward smaller teams and possibly new platform models to revitalize the sector.

Topics:technology#ai#crash-20#development-costs#gaming-industry#hardware-shortage#technology
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  1. "This is the worst crash we've seen since the 1980s," says Tim Sweeney  GamesIndustry.biz
  2. How does Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney reckon we can fight the industry's "Crash 2.0"? By building more factories  Eurogamer.net

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