Micron is bowing out of the consumer DRAM business. A quick explainer. Micron is one of the “Big Three” in the DRAM space. Alongside Samsung and SK Hynix. The three giants, with a few other smaller players, were expected to generate close to $130bn in revenue this year, having closed out with about $97bn inContinue reading “A Big Player Steps Back: Micron and the Myth of a DRAM Apocalypse”
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The Disintermediation Game: Xbox, Copilot, and the Next Front in Platform Power
I wish I had more time to write today. Unfortunately I don’t, so I am going to present some ideas, some queries and scenarios I asked ChatGPT to juggle, and some references for thoughts on the impact of AI on eCommerce and how it could impact the video game industry and provide insight into whatContinue reading “The Disintermediation Game: Xbox, Copilot, and the Next Front in Platform Power”
No Savior Is Coming: The Post-Platform Reality of the Gaming Industry
Yesterday, PC Gamer, along with numerous other outlets, reported on the large-scale layoff at Amazon, the corporation cutting some 14,000 jobs. The PC Gamer angle was to focus on the impact to the gaming division specifically. And I wanted to further pull this industry event apart in conjunction with the statements of yesterday from SatyaContinue reading “No Savior Is Coming: The Post-Platform Reality of the Gaming Industry”
Nvidia’s Quiet Retreat from 8GB GPUs Could Reshape PC Gaming Standards
Many console gamers have gotten it twisted in their efforts to console war with their brothers and sisters across the aisle on the Xbox side of the House. They have unfairly accused the Xbox Series S as being the culprit that is holding back gaming. But as I have often advised, it is not theContinue reading “Nvidia’s Quiet Retreat from 8GB GPUs Could Reshape PC Gaming Standards”
From Wave XLR Woes to Workflow Wins: My Week of Tech Transitions
My Elgato Wave XLR finally took a pooper last week. Or at least it appeared like it did. While on Mooch’s “Crossfire” episode, the mixer threw every fit that it had been throwing for the last several weeks. I would lose everyone else’s audio, they would lose my mic, I would hear crackling voices…I force-closedContinue reading “From Wave XLR Woes to Workflow Wins: My Week of Tech Transitions”
When the Cool Factor Fades: What Apple Gets Right and Xbox Still Misses
It’s been about a year since I made the decision to convert entirely to iOS for my mobile needs and shift to MacOS for everything I do computing, using Windows only for gaming. I have had some brief moments of remorse for my ex, Android. I still have my Google Pixel Fold and Samsung ZContinue reading “When the Cool Factor Fades: What Apple Gets Right and Xbox Still Misses”
Writing Against the Silence: A New Season, A New Device
I start writing tonight out of a grand sense of malaise. The events in the United States of September 10, 2025 and since have left me feeling untethered in a way that I have not felt since the last infamous date of similar timing, September 11, 2001. I just find it difficult to be motivatedContinue reading “Writing Against the Silence: A New Season, A New Device”
Nintendo (& the rest of the gaming Industry) Continue to Prove that Gaming is Anything but “Mid” This Gen
We’re 71% of the way through 2025. And while I am glad that my main gaming accomplishment is that I completed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and have embarked on two other runs (one on PC via my Steam copy and another on the PS5 Pro), I am still in wonderment at how overwhelmed I amContinue reading “Nintendo (& the rest of the gaming Industry) Continue to Prove that Gaming is Anything but “Mid” This Gen”
The Fading Red Team: AMD’s GPU Struggles and the Xbox Lifeline
I often lament the days when we had more GPU manufacturers on the board, providing more suppliers and helping keep prices down. The days of Voodoo and Savage are long behind us. And not too soon after they were taken off the board were nVidia and ATI charged with colluding in an effort to arrangeContinue reading “The Fading Red Team: AMD’s GPU Struggles and the Xbox Lifeline”
Who Really Sets GPU Prices? ASUS, NVIDIA, and the Retail Markup Dance
When Queen Elizabeth I signed the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, she claimed she never directed her secretary to actually submit it to the Privy Council, and hence was not directly responsible for Mary’s execution. That’s a bit macabre of an analogy, but I’m on an intense history kick right now. And itContinue reading “Who Really Sets GPU Prices? ASUS, NVIDIA, and the Retail Markup Dance”
Rounding Off Infinity 