Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Says The Industry Is Crashing And AI Is Making It Worse
Kotaku | 06.09.2026 03:04
Hardware is getting more expensive. Games are becoming pricier to make and buy. Employment numbers ain’t looking so hot. Also there’s this lil war disrupting the economy. It’s not the exact recipe we had for the original video game crash of the 1980s, but in the latest issue of Edge magazine many industry leaders admit history is going to repeat itself. Among them is Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, sounding less enthusiastic about AI than usual.