your $25 retro game cartridge is getting more expensive. the reason? AI datacenters. seriously

Blaze put Evercade cartridges and the Super Pocket up across the UK and EU. the cause has nothing to do with retro gaming and everything to do with… Aliteq Tom Ashcroft · Retro & Preservation Editor

EU cartridges go €24.99 → €29.99; UK £19.99 → £24.99; EU Super Pocket €59.99 → €69.99.

US pricing is unchanged — reduced import tariffs offset the component increase there.

Cause: the DRAM and NAND flash squeeze driven by AI datacenter demand.

Cartridges are flash storage in a plastic shell, which is why this hits harder than it looks.

We have absorbed rising costs across manufacturing, components and freight for as long as possible, but this is no longer feasible.

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