Layoffs: The New Game Industry Meta

About this episode

The episode discusses layoffs and studio closures in the gaming industry, along with hardware advancements like NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 and rising console prices.

EGP 325 leans into the not-so-happy side of gaming news, with the crew discussing layoffs, studio closures, and the ongoing slowdown in the game industry—especially in the UK, where job losses and studio cuts are starting to pile up. On the hardware side, the conversation shifts to NVIDIA’s DLSS 5, AI-enhanced graphics, and whether it’s a miracle cure for ugly games like Starfield or just another layer of tech trying to fix bad engines. The guys also talk about rising console prices, the future cost of the PS6, and how more gamers are turning to older GPUs and budget PCs just to stay in the hobby. The episode wraps up with some deeper PC tinkering talk, including CPU core parking, performance tools, and squeezing every last drop of power out of modern chips—because apparently optimizing Windows is now a part-time job. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.com Also look up our monthly podcast, Extreme Hollywood

Topics covered

• gaming news
• layoffs
• hardware
• graphics technology
• PC optimization

Keywords

• NVIDIA DLSS 5
• AI-enhanced graphics
• Starfield
• console prices
• PS6
• older GPUs
• budget PCs
• CPU core parking
• performance tools
• Windows optimization

Mentioned in this episode

Products: EGP 325, Starfield, PS6, Windows, NVIDIA

Books & works: Extreme Hollywood

Places: UK

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