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Nvidia: The First $4,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) dollar company
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/nvidia-becomes-first-company-worth-4-trillion-what-to-know-rcna217721
Submitter: Hi-Tech Lo-Life
Nvidia was already one of the most valuable companies in the world and now it’s become THE most valuable company in the world thanks to its AI products.
The Industry v Stop Killing Games
Link: https://www.videogameseurope.eu/news/statement-on-stop-killing-games/
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Ay%5FaOUcFw
Submitter: Hi-Tech Lo-Life
We actually spoke to Ross about this last week, but Video Games Europe (the lobbying group) has put out a statement surrounding the SKG movement. VGEU is helmed by many in the games industry and is backed by many of the BIGGEST publishers in gaming. Their main points of contention are as follows:
Discontinuing Live Service Games must be an option companies can take when it is no longer commercially viable.
Private Servers may not always be the best option due to safety and security.
Games are designed to be Online-Only from the ground up. SKG would effectively force such games to be designed differently.
All of these points make sense if you maybe never read what SKG was actually about. As with any good game, the further we progress, the harder the enemies and bosses. We should also check on the petition progress during the show.
Nearly Half of 2025’s Best Performing Games (on Steam) came from Indies and AA studios.
Link: https://www.thegamer.com/40-percent-of-2025-top-steam-games-from-double-a-indie-studios/
Submitter: Hi-Tech Lo-Life
About half of Steam’s top 20 games this year were NOT AAA. The list is as follows. Said Indie/AA games are marked as such.
| Game | Peak Playercount |
|––|––|
| Monster Hunter Wilds | 1384608 |
| > Schedule I | 459798 |
| > R.E.P.O | 271571 |
| Split Fiction | 259003 |
| > Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | 256206 |
| > Bongo Cat | 194508 |
| Stellar Blade | 192078 |
| Dune: Awakening | 189333 |
| > Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 145063 |
| Mecha Break | 132816 |
| > Peak
