Jensen Huang has resigned from his position as Nvidia CEO. That's such an odd sentence to write, as a huge part of my career as a tech journalist has revolved around covering Nvidia, its graphics cards, and undoubtedly, its leather-jacketed chief.
As I write this article, I'm already seeing reaction on social media from PC gamers. Some are shocked, some are indifferent, and some appear to be celebrating. In terms of the latter, I'd imagine that's because the ex-Nvidia boss has become one of the most recognisable figures behind the great AI revolution, which, err, isn't popular within our hobby, to say the least.
Not only that, but RAM is ludicrously expensive, with storage not far behind. And graphics cards, Nvidia's gaming bread and butter? The price increases recently have been mind-boggling. All of these things are, in the main, AI server-demand induced, and Nvidia is behind the chips that power most of those servers, making vast amounts of money in the process.
And so on that level, I can understand why some might cheer his departure, equating the company's figurehead with Nvidia's new place in the AI economy as a whole—leaving us gamers in the lurch. But as far as I see it, Jensen Huang leaving the helm of Nvidia is unlikely to be a good thing for PC gaming.
4%. That's roughly how much of Nvidia's total revenue was brought in by gaming in the 2026 fiscal year. 7 billion in data center revenue . Its gaming division?
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