{"id":56587,"date":"2026-07-07T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/56587\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:00:30","slug":"is-gaming-about-to-become-a-luxury-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/56587\/","title":{"rendered":"Is gaming about to become a &#8216;luxury&#8217; hobby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Is gaming about to become a &#039;luxury&#039; hobby?\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EKk3NNasMIs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIs gaming about to become a &#8216;luxury&#8217; hobby?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nXbox and PlayStation have just announced more price hikes and Grand Theft Auto VI reportedly cost \u00a31bn to make.<\/p>\n<p>With console prices rocketing, AI putting pressure on the gaming industry and gamers expecting more than ever, experts have told Sky News that gaming could be about to become a &#8220;luxury&#8221; hobby.<\/p>\n<p>Mickey Carroll visits a 30-year-old British gaming studio and delves into exactly what is going on with the price of gaming.<\/p>\n<p>#xbox #playstation #ai #artificialintelligence #skynews #gaming <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is gaming about to become a &#8216;luxury&#8217; hobby? Xbox and PlayStation have just announced more price hikes and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[50061,37,50064,50069,1204,50067,14,50068,2515,50057,50062,50059,17491,50063,50056,50055,181,4256,22662,296,50060,50066,50058,50065,4238,50054],"class_list":["post-56587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-among-us","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-consoles","tag-core-design","tag-cost-of-living","tag-criterion","tag-donald-trump","tag-ea","tag-gaming","tag-grand-theft-auto-vi","tag-luxury-hobby","tag-mario-bros","tag-mickey-carroll","tag-mobile-devices","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-play-station","tag-prices","tag-roblox","tag-rockstar","tag-sky-news","tag-sonic","tag-studios","tag-the-legend-of-zelda","tag-tomb-raider","tag-video-games","tag-xbox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116879697028122777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}