From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:39:22 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
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dtravel@sonic.net> said this thing:
By finding a way to pass the extra costs on to the customers.
On a not-too-but-maybe-a-little-bit related note:
Facebook (sorry, "Meta") has announced that they're being forced to
raise the price of their Meta Quest VR headsets because of the
increase in RAM prices. Poor, poor Facebook, being forced to do this
thing... because they are one of the major companies snatching up all
the available RAM in their chase after AI.
But look, it's worth it. AI is, as Facebook's face-man Zuckerberg told
us, the Next Big Thing. And he should know! He predicted that the VR
was going to be the Next Big Thing (NBT) and bet billions on that. And
then spent billions on the metaverse too, which was the nextest Next
Big Thing. And then he told us crypto was the newest NBT and spend
billions on that. And then NFTs after that. So he's a guy who really understands tech and we should all listen to him when he tells us how
this chase after AI will change the world for the better! ;-)
But in the meantime, just pass on the costs to the customers of your
last Next Big Thing. They won't mind, I'm sure.
* story here
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/metas-ai-spending-spree-is-helping-make-its-quest-headsets-more-expensive/
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