🎮 Gaming Feb 18, 2026 · Hattie Nolan

The AI boom is driving a global RAM shortage that could delay next-gen consoles until 2029

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If you were hoping to see a PlayStation 6 or the next Xbox sitting under your TV by 2027, you might want to get comfortable with your current setup for a few more years. The ram shortage means a big delay for consoles.



While we usually blame delays on game development hell or chip manufacturing hiccups, the latest hurdle is coming from an unlikely source. It turns out that teaching computers to write poetry and generate images requires a staggering amount of memory, and that demand is startin

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