The rapidly increasing cost of hardware globally, largely attributed to the proliferation of AI data centers and the ongoing RAM shortages, is "not a good thing," admits Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick, but the issue could be mitigated by the takeover of low latency game streaming, he predicts.
Take-Two held its quarterly earnings call Friday morning (thanks, Kotaku), and Zelnick was asked to comment on the rising prices of hardware. He started by saying it isn't good for business, naturally, as the publisher's games still need machines to be played on, but he used the opportunity to transition into a somewhat bold prediction which, if proven true, would make expensive gaming consoles a premium option rather than a requirement to play games.
