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His gaming-cost essay connects data-center demand with hardware anxiety, while arguing that today's consoles still have plenty to offer.
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Story of Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 336,254 views.
The Entire Gaming Industry Just Got Played
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- 0:36Altman's comments about personal DRAM ownership introduce the tension between home hardware and cloud computing.
- 1:38Speculative PlayStation 6 component-cost reports prompt the host to question whether consoles can remain affordable.
- 5:46ENDYMIONtv says existing PS5 hardware remains sufficient and argues against rushing into another console generation.
- 9:34Nintendo's shipment planning leads into memory manufacturers' forecasts of prolonged supply shortages.
- 20:00He argues high prices could encourage AI-assisted piracy, while warning that smaller developers could lose sales.
- 23:38His conclusion favors enjoying current systems rather than immediately buying new hardware.
"Personally, I still don't think we need new consoles."
That is ENDYMIONtv's answer to a hardware future he finds increasingly expensive and difficult to justify. In "The Entire Gaming Industry Just Got Played," the commentator argues that AI's appetite for memory is putting pressure on the same components players need for their PCs and consoles. The essay drew roughly 336,000 views since yesterday.
The practical question underneath the sweeping title is straightforward: what happens to the affordable route into gaming if consoles start approaching gaming-PC prices?
ENDYMIONtv opens with comments from Sam Altman about the allocation of limited DRAM supplies between personal hardware and cloud computing. He then turns to reports and leaks about possible PlayStation 6 component costs. Those estimates are speculative, not an announced console price, but they set up his central objection: another technical leap means little to someone who cannot afford the machine.
His argument isn't simply that better graphics cost more. He says he remains content with the capabilities of the PS5 and PS5 Pro, and questions the need to replace them. Later, he cites memory manufacturers' shortage forecasts and examines Nintendo's supply planning under Shuntaro Furukawa.
There is a darker complication in his account of AI: the technology driving demand for expensive hardware could also help players bypass gaming ecosystems through reverse-engineering and piracy. He presents that as an understandable response to rising costs, while acknowledging that smaller developers could suffer lost sales.
Viewers are picking up the ownership question as much as the specifications. Comments discuss physical discs, the shrinking price advantage of consoles and whether gameplay and story matter more than another graphical upgrade. That last distinction is close to the host's closing position: he would rather keep enjoying the systems already in players' homes than rush to replace them.
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- Channel
- ENDYMIONtv
- Subscribers
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- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,507,888
- Channel views, pace per day
- 698,577 (on a normal day: 313,201)
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 552,750 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 336,204 (on a normal day: 313,061)
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