The non-endemics trying to break into games | This Week In Business

The non-endemics trying to break into games | This Week In Business

This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry.


During last week’s GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit in Seattle, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden cited “the entry of non-endemics” as one of his three biggest concerns about the future of the video games industry, jokingly referring to them as the “barbarians at the gate.”


The other two, if you’re interested, were consolidation’s impact on creativity

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AMD Removes ‘4GB VRAM is not enough for games’ Marketing Hours Before Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB Launch

AMD Removes ‘4GB VRAM is not enough for games’ Marketing Hours Before Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB Launch

AMD once claimed that 4 GB VRAM was not enough for gamers to tackle NVIDIA’s entry-level lineup but they are backing up from that marketing statement hours before the Radeon RX 6500 XT hits retail shelves.

AMD Has Removed ‘4 GB VRAM Is Not Enough For Games’ Marketing Hours Before Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB Graphics Card Launch

Update: The card has been launched and most outlets are calling it the worst modern GPU launch yet.

AMD EPYC 7V73X Milan-X CPU With 3D V-Cache Benchmarked, Up To 12.5% Performance Increase Over Standard Milan

As discovered by KitGuru (via Videocardz

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