Check out this brilliant video breaking open a bricked Nintendo Switch 2 chip to see what makes it tick, and why we’re looking at around Steam Deck GPU performance from the new console

A new video from the ever effusive Geekerwan has broken down the details of the silicon at the heart of the Nintendo Switch 2. He picked up a bricked console motherboard for 1,000 Yuan (approx. $140) from a Chinese eBay analogue, Xianyu, and has absolutely gone to town on the chip. Like, above and beyond….

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On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says ‘it’s an impossible equation’ for big-budget studios to keep their prices down

There’s every chance that GTA 6 will cost around $80—it’s not been confirmed, but the wind is certainly shifting that way. That’s as per the Xbox website, which told customers some bad news, writing “Some of our new, first-party games will launch at $79.99 beginning this holiday season.” I should note that while Rockstar is…

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AMD says it’s set to lose out on $1.5B worth of AI GPU sales due to export restrictions, but Dr. Su hails its latest Ryzen chips as ‘the CPU of choice for gamers’ after huge rise in sales revenue

AMD’s client PC division is going gangbusters. The company has just had its latest earnings call with the usual high-end bean counters and among other positive news, AMD says that revenues from its Client PC division are up by an epic 68% compared to the same period last year. Boom. That’s mostly PC processor sales,…

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