*This opinion piece does not represent Gamers Leak's view on the matter, it is the opinion of the writer who wrote it.* Gamers Leak: There are many gamers, including myself, that have had it up to their eyeballs with online passes. Many blame Electronic Arts for introducing this and while they did make it mainstream, from my understanding, online passes have existed as early as White Knight Chronicles on the PlayStation 3.
For Southeast Asia, new price changes.
Prices effective starting May 1st, 2026.
Replies(1)Looks like PlayStation took a hit with Marathon and is now quietly adjusting prices worldwide to recover the losses
Lets be honest raising prices doesn't do that when no one's buying it. I imagine the profit it greater selling 10 times more at a lower price
LMFAO Your comment alone says a lot more about you than anything else. When has one game not selling 10 million copies made a company raise the prices of their console? Then Xbox would be costing $5000 by now lol. You remind of the crazy drug addicts on the street rambling on about conspiracies. xD You sure you don't need a hug, buddy?
One game that Sony payed $200 million for. lol
Also, you sure were quick to get triggered. Maybe your the one who needs a hug?
If nothing else, we should be united against the real issue here. AI and unnecessary tariffs that are effecting all gamers.
The price increases are due to the RAM demand associated with AI and the US-Iran war. You can look to any business news website and local news to see that. Heck, even the 2026 Asus Zenbook Duo I've been eyeing has faced delays and has had a price increase of $400; that laptop has two specs. Asus is doing a staggered release with per-orders for the lower spec now and shipping in May and pre-orders for the higher spec that I'm eyeing starting in June. Basically, all computer manufactures are affected. It'll most likely start affecting smart phones too if it hasn't already. I can't remember the last time any major console maker (Nintendo, Sony, Sega, etc) increased the price of their console mid cycle outside of Microsoft just to make more profit.
War is causing gas prices to rise. Transport of everything requires gas so the prices of those items go up as well. So it does have an impact
The blockage of the Straight of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war has affected raw components used in semi-conductor manufacturing such as bromine, aluminum, and helium. Iran had attacked the liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Qatar which is a large producer (1/3 globally) of helium which is used in semiconductor etching. So it's the both the war and the RAM crises.
Insider Gaming - "Ubisoft has cancelled yet another game, this time ending development on the Animal Crossing-inspired title Alterra."
HALIFAX (April 14, 2026) – Laid-off Ubisoft workers in Halifax have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement with the video-game giant. The terms of the settlement, including the compensation employees will receive, is confidential.
I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.
Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.
But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.
i'm not to upset about the online passes as i am the idea of games being locked to one console.
Let them have this it will eventually come back and bite them in the @$$ after people refuse to buy their games do to the online passes.Then hopefully they'll open they're eyes.
@Yi yea it seems gaming is going down to a hell hole.Is it to much if i wish for a video game market crash like the one in 1983??After all they need us more than we need them.
it truly is sad they can't play the victim then turn around and make half finished games with hours worth of dlc that should have been in the game to begin with greedy devs are going to hurt the industry -_-
What is this BS? PC gamers have NEVER complained about Steam and actually OWNING the games you bought. You CANNOT give it away. It's being cheap.
These article are kind of pointless. People are not going to boycott these companies and these games. So more and more publisher and dev's will continue to do this and use the excuse that use games sells are hurting them. So let move on and stop complaining about this if we as consumers are not going to do anything about it.
I'm not supporting any dev or pub that uses this method and will continue to buy whatever game weather it be new or used.