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390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] eah@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It wouldn't be necessary for IA to go under. If push came to shove, they could just downsize and be forced to decide what to delete. They're probably sort of already doing that but for stuff they have not yet archived. What do you acquire verses what do you delete.