Amds ai earnings continue to rise while game console fortunes continue to decline – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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AMD’s AI earnings continue to rise, while game console fortunes continue to decline.

New PlayStations and Xboxes can’t come soon enough — Q3 gaming revenue is $462M, down from $648M last quarter and $922M before that, “primarily due to a decrease in semi-custom revenue.”

But Q3 earnings are up on the AI boom, once again pulling in double the data center dollars they did last year. No wonder AMD’s now prioritizing AI over gaming.

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