Google is adding Flex and Priority service tiers to the Gemini API so developers can choose lower-cost synchronous inference for background work or higher-assurance routing for critical traffic. The change gives agent builders a cleaner way to separate cost and reliability without splitting architectures across multiple APIs.
On April 9, 2026, OpenAI said on X that it is introducing a new $100/month ChatGPT Pro tier aimed at heavier Codex use. OpenAI says the existing $200 Pro tier will remain the highest-usage option while Plus usage is being rebalanced toward more sessions across a week.
OpenAI's current Codex rate card now maps credit usage to input, cached-input, and output tokens instead of relying only on rough per-message estimates. The April 5, 2026 Hacker News thread focused on how that gives teams clearer cost visibility, while also leaving a split world where some plans use the new token-based card and others remain on the legacy message-based card until migration.
OpenAI said on April 2, 2026 that ChatGPT Business and Enterprise teams can now add Codex-only seats with usage-based pricing instead of paying a fixed seat fee. OpenAI also cut annual ChatGPT Business pricing from $25 to $20 per seat and said Codex usage inside Business and Enterprise has grown 6x since January.
A r/gamernews post is spotlighting Nintendo's official support note that, beginning in May 2026, new Nintendo-published Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives will carry different digital and physical MSRP, starting with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book preorders.
A r/pcgaming post highlights Valve's March 27 Steamworks update that refreshes regional pricing data and gives developers three conversion options: exchange rate, purchasing power, and multi-variable pricing.
Valve says Steam refreshed its pricing conversion data and added Exchange Rate and Purchasing Power options alongside its existing Multi-variable model for pricing across 35 currencies and 4 region groups.
Sony says PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal will get new recommended prices on 2026-04-02, citing continued pressure in the global economic landscape.
Nex said its family motion-gaming hardware will rise to $299 on 2026-04-01 while Play Pass pricing stays unchanged, citing higher DDR and eMMC costs tied to broader supply pressure.
After confusion over Switch 2 digital and physical pricing, Nintendo told IGN on 2026-03-25 that physical game prices are not being raised across the board; instead, new first-party digital MSRP in the U.S. will be lower than boxed versions starting with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Nintendo says some new Nintendo Switch 2 digital exclusives will no longer match physical MSRP, and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book already shows a $10 gap on the official store.
Jagex raised RuneScape monthly membership from $13.99 to $14.99 and annual membership from $99.48 to $131.88 on March 12, 2026, while allowing grandfathered monthly subscribers to keep lower rates if they do not lapse.