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AI Drives Gaming Hardware Shortages, Layoffs
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Recent reporting shows AI integration is straining the gaming industry through global RAM shortages and widespread layoffs. Data-center memory demand has delayed console releases, raised hardware costs, and analysts warn shortages could last into 2026–2028. About 45,000 gaming workers were laid off from 2022 through 2025, with roughly 10,000 more forecast for 2026, and developers report growing unease about AI's creative impacts.
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