CXMT Explained: Can China Break the Global Memory Monopoly?
When you buy a Corsair, Kingston, G.Skill, or TeamGroup memory kit, you probably assume the company printed on the heat…
Category: Industry
Sony Is Ending Physical Games, but Digital Ownership Is the Real Problem.
Sony has announced that it will stop producing physical discs for new PlayStation games beginning in January 2028. Naturally, the…
Workplace Burnout Is Not Just an Employee Problem. It Is a Business Problem.
In many workplaces, burnout does not officially exist. Employees may become exhausted, cynical, forgetful, emotionally numb, and increasingly unable to…
Why Are So Many Games Doing IP Collaborations? The Business Strategy Behind Video Game Crossovers
At first glance, these collaborations seem like fan service—a fun way to let players dress up as their favorite characters.…
Gen Z Work Ethic: Why Young Workers Are Rejecting Corporate Culture
I know plenty of younger people who have little interest in the traditional corporate package: commuting every morning, sitting in…
Steam’s $11 Billion 2026 Revenue Reveals the Real Power of Old Games
The videogame industry is currently performing one of its favorite magic tricks: generating more money than ever while repeatedly insisting…
PC Shipments Slip in Q2 2026 as Component Costs Turn Up the Heat
The global PC market lost momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations falling…
The End of Startup Fantasy: Unicorns, Unit Economics, and Other Imaginary Creatures
There was a time, not very long ago, when working at a startup sounded like joining the future before everyone…
Xbox’s 3,200 Layoffs Signal a Brutal Reality Check
Xbox has just announced the most significant restructure in its history, and this is not the usual corporate “we are…
Esports Has 400 Million Gen Z Fans and a Business Model That Still Barely Works
A new esports study has arrived with a wonderfully large number attached to it. According to The Esports Generation: Who They…
Bolt Wants to Crash the GPU Competition and It’s Starting With Creators, Not Gamers
For a market that has spent years acting like “GPU competition” means choosing which Nvidia card you can’t afford this…
GTA VI’s Price Tag Is Official, and Rockstar Just Told the Entire Industry to Buckle Up
For months, everyone knew Grand Theft Auto VI was going to be expensive. The only real mystery was whether Rockstar would stop…
PC Gaming’s Quiet Rebellion: Direct-to-Consumer Sales Just Crushed the $1 Billion Mark
For years, the standard PC publishing playbook looked almost suspiciously settled. Put your game on a major storefront, accept the…
In-Game Ads Are Already Here. The Real Question Is How Weird the Industry Wants to Make Them
When people hear “ads in games,” they tend to imagine the worst version immediately: a boss fight paused by a…
Bad Benchmarks, Big Demand: How Lisuan Tech Sold 30,000 GPUs Anyway
You would think a new graphics card needs killer benchmarks to make a splash. Apparently not. Chinese GPU startup Lisuan Tech has…
PC vs Smartphone: The Business of Obsolescence
PC vs smartphone is a comparison that usually revolves around performance, gaming, or productivity. PCs are more powerful, smartphones are…
PC Gaming Spending 2026: Middle Class Is Getting Richer
The games business loves a blockbuster narrative. Every quarter, the spotlight swings back to the same giants: the forever games,…
State of the Global Workplace 2026: The AI Paradox
Here’s the thing about the future of work: we were promised robots would take over the boring stuff so we…
80,000 Tech Layoffs, One Question: Is AI the Cause or the Excuse?
The tech industry’s favorite two-word explanation in 2026 might be “because AI.” Convenient, neat, investor-friendly — and maybe a little…
Remote Work Isn’t the Problem—Your Company Might Be
In March 2026, researchers from the London School of Economics dropped a report with a title that sounds like it…