{"podcast":{"title":"The Hardware Unboxed Podcast","slug":"the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188","podcast_index_feed_id":6574188,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/64db275277fd79001173cfd5","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1692083731574-4d58d6eeb2db7814395e50608e294b95.jpeg","author":"Hardware Unboxed","episode_count":107,"summary":"Steve and Tim from the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed bring to you a weekly show discussing all the latest news and interesting topics in the PC hardware and gaming scene. With our decades of experience testing and benchmarking hardware, you'll be sure to enjoy various insights into tech and the occasional guest, especially if you love building PCs and playing PC games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:19:48.468444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188"},"episode":{"title":"Sony Kills Physical Games, Nvidia GPU Struggles & The Future of Gaming","slug":"sony-kills-physical-games-nvidia-gpu-struggles-the-future-of-gaming","published_at":"2026-07-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/sony-kills-physical-games-nvidia-gpu-struggles-the-future-of-gaming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast/episodes/sony-kills-physical-games-nvidia-gpu-struggles-the-future-of","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64db275277fd79001173cfd5/e/6a509874cf487ba3a9ba13c5/media.mp3","summary":"Episode 106: We chat about Sony ending production of physical games in 2028, and the implications that has for game ownership. Plus we talk about the challenges Nvidia faces with improving GPU performance, and the future of gaming as a result. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Life Update 02:35 - A chat about recent content 06:00 - Playstation ending disc support 32:06 - Has GPU performance really hit a ceiling? 44:00 - The future of gaming? 53:34 - Is Radeon in the same boat as Nvidia? 01:01:03 - Why games aren't getting better? 01:19:36 - Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Episode 106: We chat about Sony ending production of physical games in 2028, and the implications that has for game ownership. Plus we talk about the chal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5042,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/episodes/sony-kills-physical-games-nvidia-gpu-struggles-the-future-of-gaming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast-6574188/sony-kills-physical-games-nvidia-gpu-struggles-the-future-of-gaming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}