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Valve’s Steam Frame headset, Xbox backwards compatibility on PC, and Sony’s disc ban threatening a $7B market! Plus, FBI busts fake Steam scammers, a WoW GM goes rogue, and Gamescom 2026 sells out. Catch the full breakdown of this week’s biggest gaming news, hardware drops, and industry scandals.

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Valve just broke the bad news to PC gamers: the massive RAM and memory shortage is getting worse, and prices are set to skyrocket through 2027. Meanwhile, Sony officially announced the death of physical PlayStation discs, but GameStop’s CEO says it’s “totally irrelevant” to their business. Is gaming physical media completely dead, or are we entering a new digital age?

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Xbox just dropped a 4,800-employee bomb on the industry, while Sony locks fans in 132 countries out of Marvel Tokon. From Apple suing OpenAI over corporate spies to the breakthrough PS5 emulators making rapid progress, we are breaking down a truly chaotic week in tech and gaming.

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Sony is officially killing physical discs, the PS6 might cost a fortune, and apparently… private Minecraft servers are illegal now? This week, we discuss the absolute chaos gripping the tech and gaming worlds. From Apple begging Washington for Chinese memory to a massive RAM price-fixing lawsuit, the hardware market is on fire. Plus, Godot bans “vibe coding,” Cyberpunk gets another anime, and researchers find some… uh… “disturbing” ChatGPT fanfic. Oh, and Steam Machine orders are going out—and immediately getting scalped.

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In this episode of Off the Console, we break down the rising cost of gaming and tech - from the Steam Machine’s shocking price to Xbox’s latest price hikes, GTA 6’s controversial pricing, and the ongoing RAM shortage driving everything higher. We also dig into what these changes mean for gamers, PC builders, and the future of the industry.

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