The Fridge

The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices

I’m not sure I love that we’ve started flippantly calling it ‘the memory apocalypse,’ but given just how much hardware this peaking pricing could affect, it does feel fitting. Motherboard sales are apparently just the latest victim, with some retailers apparently seeing a devastating year-on-year decline. According to Hong Kong hardware site, HKEPC, a number…

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“I Do Have Some Regrets” – How The Creator Of Counter-Strike Gave Up A Money-Making Behemoth

“We didn’t understand the value”. Counter-Strike may be a quarter of a century old, but it remains one of Valve’s biggest money-spinners on Steam. Counter-Strike 2 – the latest iteration of the free-to-play team-based shooter – makes its money from chests, which cost around $2.50 to open. Incredibly, some of the skins found inside said…

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